Stephanie Armour
KFF Health News Senior Correspondent
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Stephanie Armour, senior health policy correspondent, has reported on the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, covid-19, abortion, and how politics and regulations in Washington, D.C., affect patients, providers, and the health care industry. She has previously worked at The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, USA Today, The Des Moines Register, and the Daily Tribune in Ames, Iowa. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Her journalism awards include earning a first-place National Headliner Award from the Press Club of Atlantic City, a first-place Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and a first-place Consumer Journalism award from the National Press Club.
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Latest Fact-Checks by Stephanie Armour
- GOP charge that Kamala Harris backed taxpayer-funded health care for immigrants overlooks key detail July 31, 2024
Latest Stories by Stephanie Armour
- Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
- United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
- Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
- What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
- A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
- PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020
- Trump froze out Project 2025 in his campaign. Now its blueprint is his health care playbook. February 24, 2025
- Trump’s early health moves signal intent to erase Biden’s legacy. What’s next is unclear. January 23, 2025
- Trump’s White House return poised to tangle health care safety net November 6, 2024
- For pharma, Trump versus Harris is a showdown between two industry foes August 27, 2024
- Harris, once Biden’s voice on abortion, would take an outspoken approach to health July 21, 2024