Elizabeth Lucas, Correspondent, specializes in data analysis and reporting for the KHN enterprise team. She came from Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), where she spent four years training and supporting data journalists around the world as the NICAR Data Library director. Previously she worked as a data reporter on health and the environment for the Center for Public Integrity. She has a master’s degree from the Missouri School of Journalism.
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Jay Hancock, Sydney Lupkin, Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News
21 April 2017
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Facing acute risks to their businesses from Washington policymakers, health companies spent more than $2 million to buy access to the incoming Trump administration via candlelight dinners, black-tie balls and other inauguration events.
Health companies gave generously to President Trump’s inauguration
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Jay Hancock, Sydney Lupkin, Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News
21 April 2017 | 5 min read
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