Nada Hassanein

Nada Hassanein

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Nada Hassanein is a health care reporter for Stateline covering state policy decisions with a focus on inequities. Throughout her journalism career, Nada has sought to shed light on underreported issues affecting diverse communities. Previously, she was USA Today's national environmental and health inequities reporter. Her in-depth reporting included coverage of rural and maternal health inequities, systemic racism and health, environmental and climate justice, and disparities in health outcomes and health care access. Prior, she was a social issues reporter at the Tallahassee Democrat, writing features on immigration, health and domestic violence.

Federal agency blocks Medicaid coverage of kids’ gender-affirming care
A new federal rule will end Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming hormone therapies and procedures for kids under age 18. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday a rule that prohibits state Medicaid plans from covering gender-affirming procedures for...
New drug-resistant fungal disease increases among vulnerable patients
Twenty-eight states this year have reported over 3,500 cases of patients sick with the drug-resistant yeast candida auris, which can cause severe illness and is often reported in healthcare facilities. As of Aug. 1, 3,544 clinical cases of candida auris...
Courts rule Trump administration can’t cancel $22B in climate grants
Two courts this week dealt blows to the Trump administration’s attempts to withdraw clean energy and climate grants. A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency could not terminate $20 billion in clean energy grants awarded...
Judge rejects states’ bid to block Medicaid work rules
States will have to meet a Jan. 1 deadline to implement new Medicaid work requirements, after a federal judge denied 25 Democratic-led states’ request to pause implementation of the rule. The broad tax and spending law President Donald Trump signed...
Rise in US preteen suicide rate alarms mental health experts
Editor’s note: If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 988, the U.S. suicide and crisis lifeline, or access online chat at 988lifeline.org . For months, Marie’s 11-year-old daughter wasn’t acting like herself. The fifth grader was...
Trump proposal to end employer race, gender reporting advances
A federal commission voted Tuesday in favor of a Trump administration proposal to rescind requirements that larger employers report the demographics of their workers — information that’s used to help enforce racial and gender antidiscrimination laws. Most employers with 100...
Indigenous violence survivors see fewer services after federal cuts
Organizations serving American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of violence say reductions in federal funding have led to over 1,000 unmet requests for help, according to a new report. The Urban Indian Health Institute, an Indigenous health research group, surveyed...
Obamacare premiums likely to surge again next year
Health insurance premiums are likely to grow more expensive next year for those who buy Marketplace plans, after increases this year. Affordable Care Act Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 14% for 2027, which would be a...
More states try to give patients relief from medical debt
Legislators in at least six states this year have approved measures related to patient medical debt, according to a report on legislative policy trends released Wednesday by United States of Care, a nonpartisan think tank. Many Americans are struggling to...
Changes to immigration program for domestic violence victims impede safety, advocates say
In March, Michigan attorney Ruby Robinson received a denial notice for legal status for his client — an immigrant woman suffering physical abuse from her husband. Her husband had choked her, Robinson said. Shoved her. Forced unwanted touch. Controlled the...
17 GOP AGs sue California over single-use plastics law
Seventeen Republican attorneys general have sued California over a state law that requires plastic packaging producers to move away from single-use plastics, alleging that the law will raise costs for consumers across the country. Led by Nebraska Attorney General Mike...
Trump administration tightens oversight of state Medicaid demonstration programs
The Trump administration told states last week it will exercise more stringent financial oversight of waivers that states use to design pilot programs under Medicaid, the state-federal program for low-income people and those with disabilities. In letters sent to state...