Rachel Bluth covers health care for POLITICO California. Before joining POLITICO she reported on health policy and politics in Sacramento with California Healthline and in Washington, D.C. with KFF Health News. Her work has appeared in the LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, CNN and elsewhere.

Originally from Albany, New York, Rachel holds a master’s degree from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Philosophy from Binghamton University. She lives in Sacramento with her cats Baby and Duckie.