Author

Phil Galewitz, senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News, covers Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care, hospitals and various state health issues. He has covered the health beat for more than two decades. He is a former board member of the Association of Health Care Journalists and has worked for the Palm Beach Post, the Associated Press and the Patriot-News. He has a bachelor’s in health planning and administration and a master’s in public administration with an emphasis in health policy from Penn State University.