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Mark Payne
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Health policy and law reporter @law360. Previously Kentucky state government and politics. mark.payne@law360.com (retweets ≠ endorsement)
Despite the time-consuming process, the effort allowed us to hand off the data to Law360 graphics editor Jason Mallory, who created an interactive map and two charts showing the impact of the decision.
October 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Gathering data was challenging because not all states responded to requests, and some have arcane open records laws requiring us to get creative with how we submitted requests. Some of the data only had raw medical codes and required us to cross-reference with corresponding medical descriptions.
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM