Arielle has been communications director for the Connecticut Health Foundation since April 2017. A seasoned health care reporter and policy expert, she previously reported for The Connecticut Mirror, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to politics and public policy, where she spent six years writing about complex policy and health care topics. In this position, Arielle focused on federal and state legislative and regulatory changes impacting the health care system. She also developed comprehensive consumer guides to health insurance. She was a 2014 Center for Health Journalism National Fellow.  Previously, Arielle served as The Hartford Courant’s chief education reporter and then as its health reporter. In this position, she covered topics ranging from local hospitals to access to care, as well as federal and state policy issues including the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid. Arielle is a graduate of Yale University. Having spent years dissecting health care policy, including ongoing coverage of the Affordable Care Act, Arielle is skilled at translating complex policy issues into understandable information accessible to the average person.

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