Tami Luhby - Senior Writer
Tami Luhby
Senior Writer
Tami Luhby covers the Affordable Care Act and health care policy, as well as economic mobility as a senior writer for CNN.
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Remote work crackdown: How Trump’s DOGE could push federal workers to quit
Nov 20, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, a nongovernmental entity helmed by billionaire Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, is expected to make a push for an end to remote work across federal agencies as a way to help reduce the federal workforce through attrition.
3 urgent tasks awaiting Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary
Nov 20, 2024
Ensuring the US doesn’t default on its obligations. Extending trillions of dollars in tax cuts before they expire. Quarterbacking President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for the economy.
Trump names Dr. Mehmet Oz to head Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Nov 20, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a key federal agency that oversees health insurance coverage for more than 150 million Americans.
Elon Musk wants Trump to disrupt Wall Street with his Treasury pick
Nov 16, 2024
As Donald Trump privately considers his team to lead America’s economy during his term, Elon Musk has put his thumb on the scale, urging followers on X to help make a public push for a candidate who won’t be “business as usual” on Wall Street.
Trump made a lot of tax promises. Can he keep them?
Nov 16, 2024
Seeking to woo targeted groups of voters during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump rolled out plans for a sweeping array of tax breaks, including promises to eliminate levies on tips, overtime pay and Social Security benefits, for millions of Americans.
Trump wants Elon Musk to overhaul the government. Here’s what could be on the chopping block
Nov 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have big ambitions for making the federal government leaner and more efficient by reviewing its budget and operations from top to bottom.
How a second Trump term could affect Social Security benefits
Nov 13, 2024
Though President-elect Donald Trump has often promised to protect Social Security, he has not explained exactly how he would save the beloved – but financially troubled – entitlement program. Nor did he take any meaningful steps to shore up Social Security during his first term in the White House.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration
Nov 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration.
‘Feeling of dread’ spreads across federal workforce as second Trump term looms
Nov 10, 2024
Much of the federal workforce is on edge and bracing itself for the likelihood its ranks will be purged when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Are you a federal worker? CNN would like to talk to you
Nov 8, 2024
The Trump administration is gearing up to make many changes to the federal workforce. We’d like to talk to federal employees, unions and their allies about how they are preparing.
Here’s what Trump is proposing for the economy
Nov 6, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump on the campaign trail laid out a broad array of ideas aimed at providing tax relief, cutting prices, hiking tariffs and strengthening the economy, which ranks at the top of voters’ concerns.
Battleground states counted ballots quickly after mostly smooth Election Day vote
Nov 6, 2024
Battleground states are counting the ballots that will decide the next US president into the early hours of Wednesday morning, after Election Day voting that largely went smoothly despite fake bomb threats that targeted multiple states.
Voting nationwide has been mostly orderly, despite non-credible bomb threats from Russian origin
Nov 6, 2024
Polls have closed in most of the US while voting continues in some Western states as tens of millions of American voters went to the polls Tuesday to choose the country’s next leaders.
Fact check: Trump falsely claims he never wanted to end the Affordable Care Act
Oct 31, 2024
Calling Vice President Kamala Harris “a liar,” former President Donald Trump claimed that he never wanted to terminate the Affordable Care Act – an accusation Harris has repeatedly levied against him on the campaign trail.
California could soon have nation’s highest minimum wage if voters approve
Oct 31, 2024
California voters will decide this election whether to increase the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour, which would be the highest in the US.
Johnson vows health care overhaul if Republicans win in November elections
Oct 31, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson told a group of supporters on Monday night that Republicans will seek “massive reform” to the Affordable Care Act if Donald Trump is reelected — previewing a major piece of the GOP’s legislative plans for next year.
About
Tami Luhby covers the Affordable Care Act and health care policy, as well as economic mobility as a senior writer for CNN.
Luhby previously covered personal finance for Newsday and banking for Crain’s New York Business. She teaches at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, from which she graduated in 1997.
A lifelong Bronx resident, she is also a triathlete and marathon runner.
