Amy Goldstein

Washington, D.C.

Reporter covering health-care policy and other social policy issues

Education: Brown University, AB in American civilization, magna cum laude; Fellowships at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.

Amy Goldstein has been a staff writer at The Washington Post for 30 years. She currently covers health-care policy, focusing on the 2010 federal law reshaping the U.S. health-care system. Over the years, she has written widely about social policy issues, including Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security, welfare, housing and the strains placed on the social safety net by the Great Recession. She also has been a White House correspondent and covered notable news events, such as the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Columbine shootings and five of the past six Supreme Court nominations. Goldstein wa
Share confidential news tips with The Post
Latest from Amy Goldstein

Biden administration names 10 prescription drugs for price negotiations

The move represents an unprecedented step in a long political war over the nation’s exorbitant drug costs.

August 29, 2023

Many long-covid symptoms linger even after two years, new study shows

The report finds a heightened risk for lung problems, fatigue, diabetes and other health woes.

August 21, 2023

NIH announces long covid treatment studies with hundreds of patients

Critics have said the response from the National Institutes of Health is long overdue.

July 31, 2023

Nearly 4 million in U.S. cut from Medicaid, most for paperwork reasons

The rolls of the safety-net health coverage were frozen during the pandemic and are being reviewed.

July 28, 2023

Nearly 4 million in U.S. cut from Medicaid, most for paperwork reasons

The rolls of the safety-net health coverage were frozen during the pandemic and are being reviewed.

July 28, 2023

Biden administration proposes limit on skimpy health insurance plans

The plans offer less expensive monthly premiums than standard forms of health insurance — in exchange for scanty benefits.

July 7, 2023

Push to tie Medicaid to work is making a comeback. Georgia is at forefront.

Georgia’s move reflects a renewed determination among conservatives to tie eligibility for the largest form of public health insurance to work.

July 1, 2023

What the end of the covid public health emergency means for you

Here’s how major health policies will be affected when the covid public health emergency ends on on May 11.

May 9, 2023

Biden administration to widen Medicaid and ACA health coverage to DACA immigrants

The White House says the proposal would benefit up to 580,000 young people.

April 13, 2023

Millions poised to lose Medicaid as pandemic coverage protections end

States will begin this week to sever an anticipated 15 million low-income Americans from Medicaid rolls that ballooned during the pandemic.

April 1, 2023