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Christine Spolar
Christine Spolar is a U.K.-based writer and editor for Kaiser Health News.
Christine Spolar is a U.K.-based writer and editor for Kaiser Health News.
Management
What Are Taxpayers Spending for Those ‘Free’ Covid Tests? The Government Won’t Say.
Inquiries lead from one federal office to the next, with no clear answers. At one Army Contracting Command, a protocol office employee says that “voicemail has been down for months.” And the email address listed for fielding media inquiries? "The army stopped using the email address about eight years ago."
- Christine Spolar, KFF Health News
Workforce
Nurses in Crisis Over COVID Dig In for Better Work Conditions
In tough labor negotiations across the nation, here's what nurses don’t want: “appreciation that is lip service,” “marketing campaigns” and “shiny new buildings.” And this year might well prove to be a turning point in efforts to organize health care’s essential workers.
- Christine Spolar, Mark Kreidler and Rae Ellen Bichell, KFF Health News