Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent, hosts the KFF Health News weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” Previously, she spent 16 years as a health policy correspondent for NPR, where she helped lead the network’s coverage of the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in its third edition. In 2005, she received the National Press Foundation’s Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress. Before working at NPR, Julie, a University of Michigan graduate, covered health policy for National Journal’s Congress Daily and for Congressional Quarterly, among other organizations.