Julie Rovner is a health policy correspondent for
National Public Radio, specializing in the politics of
health care. She is also a contributing editor for National
Journalβs CongressDaily. In 2005, she was awarded the
Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for distinguished reporting
of Congress for her coverage of the passage of the 2003
Medicare prescription drug bill and its aftermath.
A noted expert on health policy issues, Rovner is
the author of a critically-praised reference book, Health
Care Politics and Policy A-Z. Its second edition was
published by CQ Press in November, 2003. Rovner is also
co-author of the book Managed Care Strategies 1997, and has
contributed to several other books, including two chapters
in 1995's Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy,
edited by political scientists Norman Ornstein and Thomas
Mann.
Rovner has appeared on television on the
MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, CNN, C-Span, MSNBC, and
NOW with Bill Moyers. Her articles have appeared in
dozens of national newspapers and magazines, including
The Washington Post, USA Today, Modern
Maturity, and The Saturday Evening Post.
Previously, Rovner covered health and human
services for the Congressional Quarterly Weekly
Report, specializing in health care financing,
abortion, welfare, and disability issues. Later she covered
health reform for the Medical News Network, an interactive
daily television news service for physicians, and provided
analysis and commentary on the health reform debates in
Congress for NPR. She has been a regular contributor to the
British medical journal The Lancet, and her columns
on patients' rights for the magazine Business and
Health won her a share of the 1999 Jesse H. Neal
National Business Journalism Award.
Born and raised in the Washington, DC, metropolitan
area, Rovner graduated with honors from the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor with a degree in Political Science. She
currently resides in North Bethesda, Maryland.
© 2003-2026