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Marilyn Werber Serafini has been the health care and welfare reporter for National Journal since 1995, and has won awards for articles on these subjects. The most recent was an award from the Association of Health Care Journalists for an article comparing and analyzing the 2008 presidential candidates’ health care proposals. She also won an award from the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families for an article that scrutinized President Bush's controversial proposal to give states money to encourage marriage and discourage divorce. She has written extensively about Medicare policy, the uninsured and bioterrorism. Serafini has covered Congress since 1985, writing about health care, welfare, trade, tax and budget policy. She served two terms as a member of the executive committee of the congressional periodical galleries. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland and of American University, where she received an M.A. in Journalism and Public Affairs.
