Karen Pollitz is a health reporter. Currently, she is a Senior Fellow at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Pollitz's work focuses on health reform and private insurance, tracking implementation of private market reforms and consumer protections. Previously, Pollitz worked on national health reform for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Before that, she directed research on private health insurance at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. Pollitz received her B.A. from Oberlin College and her Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.