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Rachel Roubein
Rachel Roubein is a Staff Correspondent at National Journal covering Congress. She previously covered health and human services at Carroll County Times in Westminster, Maryland, where she won awards for her Affordable Care Act coverage and state government, health and investigative reporting.
Rachel is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a major in journalism and minors in Spanish and international development and conflict management. She hails from the South/Midwest.
Rachel Roubein is a Staff Correspondent at National Journal covering Congress. She previously covered health and human services at Carroll County Times in Westminster, Maryland, where she won awards for her Affordable Care Act coverage and state government, health and investigative reporting.
Rachel is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a major in journalism and minors in Spanish and international development and conflict management. She hails from the South/Midwest.
Oversight
How Democrats Would Change Obamacare
If they keep the White House and win the Senate—and don’t have to focus their energy on blocking repeal—Democrats have some things about the Affordable Care Act they’d like to fix.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Pay & Benefits
The Biggest Health-Care Winners in the Omnibus Deal
The package includes funding for NIH and 9/11 responders, and delays the “Cadillac Tax” on pricey health plans.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Management
Labor Department Chief Lays Out the Promise (and Problem) With Apprenticeships
They are a ladder to prosperity, but they’re suffering from problems of perception.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Tech
Obamacare Enrollment Is About to Open Again, and Not Many Know It
Latest Kaiser poll shows obstacle to getting more Americans on health exchanges.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Management
HHS: Ten Million Will Be on Obamacare Exchanges by Next Year
The administration is targeting several groups to reach its enrollment goal, especially “young invincibles.”
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Oversight
Senators Look to Change Federal Rules for Electronic Health Records
The measure aims to fix the system’s problems—but also make them more transparent.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Management
Low-Wage Federal Contract Workers Welcome Pope’s Visit—With a Strike
Contract employees seek $15 an hour and a union.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Defense
It Will Take 30 Agencies to Protect the Pope During His Visit
One Secret Service agent called the 1987 papal visit "the most stressful 10 days of my life."
- Alex Rogers and Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Management
HHS Unveils New Rules for Doctors Treating Opiate Drug Abuse
Coupling medicine with counseling and behavioral therapy is a comprehensive path to recovery, according to HHS.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Oversight
How to Master the Congressional Investigation
Staffers learn how to investigate from those who have experience doing just that on Capitol Hill.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Management
Capitol Police Arrest Congressional Fellow for Bringing Loaded Gun to the Hill
The fellow, an active-duty Marine, was charged after being caught with the weapon during a routine search.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Oversight
Highway Bill That Would Outsource Tax Debt Collection Clears First of Many Hurdles
The Senate voted to move forward on a six-year measure, but lots of amendments and a different House plan await.
- Rachel Roubein and Lauren Fox, National Journal
Oversight
Federal Data Breach Snares Hill Staffers
Some Senate employees were told Tuesday that their personal information had been compromised.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Defense
Capitol Hill Hearing on Airport Security Interrupted by Security Threat
Capitol Police evacuated several floors of Dirksen Tuesday after a suspicious package was reported.
- Rachel Roubein and Lauren Fox, National Journal
Oversight
Senators: Pentagon Shouldn't Pay NFL for Shows of Patriotism
Payments to teams for honoring veterans should end, lawmakers say.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Oversight
Police Detonate Pressure Cooker Near Capitol
An apparent food vendor is arrested for driving on a revoked license.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Oversight
Amtrak Has a Trust Problem in Congress
Democrats want to give the rail service more money, and Republicans are demanding more accountability.
- Fawn Johnson and Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Oversight
Officials: Gyrocopter Didn't Look Like a Threat on Radar
No alert went out before Doug Hughes landed just west of the Capitol.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Defense
Who Protects the Skies Over the Capitol?
Congressional airspace is guarded by a dizzying web of agencies—none of which stopped a gyrocopter from landing on the West Front.
- Rachel Roubein, National Journal
Oversight
Hill Outlook: Finishing a Budget, and Fending Off a Gyrocopter
Lawmakers want to finalize a spending blueprint and stiffen the Capitol's defenses.
- Daniel Newhauser and Rachel Roubein, National Journal