Susan Jaffe Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, D. C.

Covering long-term care and other aging issues; deciphering Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap and Medicare Advantage insurance; hospital, nursing home, and hospice compliance with federal regulations; seniors' access to benefits and appeals process. (Please go to www.susanjaffe.org for links to articles from The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Kaiser Health News, NPR health blog.)

Www.Susanjaffe.Org

Writing a monthly in-depth feature story from Washington on the intersection of politics and science and health policy — from the Affordable Care Act and biomedical research to the opioid crisis and Zika — with coverage from Congress, NIH, CDC, FDA, EPA, and HHS. Analyzing the impact on providers, researchers, and patients. Links to articles at http://susanjaffe.org

Wrote a series of policy briefs focused on health care reform, based on original reporting, reviewed by experts, and also developed color maps, charts and other graphics, for one of the nation’s leading health policy journals

Created a national aging issues beat and “Aging Matters” column for Ohio’s largest daily newspaper, wrote news and investigative stories on health, politics, business and social trends, including articles that helped prompt federal investigations, legislative reforms and relief for elderly consumers, represented the newspaper at national conferences and also contributed to award-winning breaking-news stories

Tampa, Florida

Reported on government, environment and development, analyzed databases and public records to discover toxic waste dumped in a county landfill and inequities in a state program for fixing homeowners' drinking water wells; investigation of county garbage collection contracts led to lower costs after top campaign contributors monopolized the business for two decades