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Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, Correspondent, is a reporter for KFF Health News’ rural health desk based in Elko, Nevada. She explores the ways health issues affect communities in rural areas, including food security, climate change, and agriculture practices.

Medical exiles: Families flee states amid crackdown on transgender care

By: Bram Sable-Smith, Daniel Chang, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez and Sandy West - June 26, 2023

Hal Dempsey wanted to “escape Missouri.” Arlo Dennis is “fleeing Florida.” The Tillison family “can’t stay in Texas.” They are part of a new migration of Americans who are uprooting their lives in response to a raft of legislation across the country restricting health care for transgender people. Missouri, Florida, and Texas are among at […]

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