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data-testid="list-page-header-element">Stories by Stephanie Armour</h1><div class="description-IBN8e" data-testid="list-page-header-element"><p><b>Stephanie Armour</b> is a senior health policy correspondent at KFF Health News.</p></div></div><div class="articleList-R10iq root-fREBs"><div class="articleListGrid-N4wvY grid-PoVrj"><article class="article-pFLe7 articleListItem-EDtwh item-NF5qX"><a class="articleLink-2OMNo" href="/article/how-trump-could-weaken-the-affordable-care-act/" data-testid="article-link"><figure class="articleFigure-Q7l9w" style="--ratio:var(--image-ratio, 56.25%)" category="Politics"><img alt="The dome of the U.S. Capitol under blue skies." class="articleImg-Ls3LK" src="https://static.scientificamerican.com/dam/m/69cc5f716470cdd/original/Dome_of_the_U-S-_Capitol.jpg?m=1732226379.887&w=450" loading="eager"/></figure><div class="kickerContainer-U9kI5"><div class="kicker-EEaW-">Politics<span class="kickerSpacer-I99oW"></span><span class="kickerMeta-0zV3t">November 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Kennedy, Jr.<b>,</b> will be empowered</p></div><p class="authors-NCGt1">Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News</p></section></article><article class="article-pFLe7 articleListItem-EDtwh item-NF5qX"><a class="articleLink-2OMNo" href="/article/harris-focus-on-maternal-health-care-gains-support-among-black-women/" data-testid="article-link"><figure class="articleFigure-Q7l9w" style="--ratio:var(--image-ratio, 56.25%)" category="Politics"><img alt="Women attendees cheer for VP Kamala Harris at a rally." class="articleImg-Ls3LK" src="https://static.scientificamerican.com/dam/m/7b733d7a73204e18/original/GettyImages-1821570699.jpg?m=1727980121.083&w=450" loading="eager"/></figure><div class="kickerContainer-U9kI5"><div class="kicker-EEaW-">Politics<span class="kickerSpacer-I99oW"></span><span class="kickerMeta-0zV3t">October 3, 2024</span></div></div><h2 class="articleTitle-mtY5p"><p>Harris’s Focus on Maternal Health Care Gains Support among Black Women</p></h2></a><section class="articleInfo-EjcxZ"><div class="dek-KweYs"><p>Polls show an increased number of Black women voters back Kamala Harris. 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