Julia Métraux

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Disability Reporter, Mother Jones

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Education, Health, Politics, U.S.

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Covers: Politics, Health, Disability, Culture, Religion, and Gender

Doesn't Cover: Sports

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With Climate Change, Comes More Potential Complications for People with Lupus

(Photo by Engin Aykurt on Unsplash) By Julia Métraux With the clock approaching midnight, Julia Irzyk could n…

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For Medically Fragile Kids, Access to Palliative Care Depends on Family Resources

For children with complex medical needs, palliative care can offer physical relief and also support to famili…

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SCOTUS just upheld the civil rights of millions of disabled and aging people

It's the court's biggest disability rights ruling in years.

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For disabled jobseekers, discrimination is common-if you even get to apply

At one tech giant, a Blind worker couldn't even access a job listing he helped write.

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Congress incentivizes rare disease research. Big Pharma exploits it.

Loopholes in the Orphan Drug Act serve drug companies, not patients.

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Will California keep funding sickle cell care?

Despite cutting-edge treatments, many patients-mainly Black and brown-don't even get basic support.

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The White House Just Made Medicaid Work Requirements Even Worse

Jun 04, 2026 |

By Julia Métraux

| Mother Jones

On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its interim final rule on Medicaid work requirements, mandating that everyone who seeks Medicaid support has to prove they are unable to work to a greater extent, even if they have already been diagnosed with a debilitating condition like sickle cell disease—and even if they are already on Medicaid.

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The ACA Affordability Crisis Congress Won’t Fix

May 26, 2026 |

By Julia Métraux

| Mother Jones

Pennsylvania bike shop owner John Ronca has been buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for over a decade. Last year, with enhanced ACA tax credits enacted under the Biden administration, the premiums for his gold plan—the second-highest tier, which includes lower deductibles and often more flexibility in seeing specialists—tripled. Ronca decided to go for a bronze plan with a higher deductible to make sure he, his wife, and his young daughter were still insured.

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The Populist Paralympian Who Wants to Roll Into the Senate

May 23, 2026 |

By Julia Métraux

| Mother Jones

It was the final quarter of a US men’s national wheelchair basketball game at the Tokyo Paralympics against Turkey in 2021. Josh Turek was benched for most of the game. Fouled soon after coming in, Turek sank both his free throws to widen the US’ two-point lead in a game it went on to win. Turek, who played in all eight US men’s games at that year’s Paralympics—the team went on to win gold—had no complaints about sitting out most of the game.

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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first job as a journalist was freelancing for my town paper, the Town Crier.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Not in a formal way.

How is social media changing news?

Social media allows news to be spread more quickly, which is great, but allows for fake news to be spread quickly as well.