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Reporter/Nashville

Health Disparities

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Kara Hartnett writes about health disparities for Modern Healthcare from Nashville. She previously covered healthcare and technology for the Nashville Post and sister publications Nashville Scene and Williamson Home Pages. Kara graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2018, with two bachelor’s degrees in multimedia journalism and global studies. She currently attends law school at the Nashville School of Law.

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