Ruby de Luna
Reporter
About
Ruby de Luna is a reporter with a focus on food and how it intersects with health, communities, and culture. She has also reported on health care and immigrant communities.
Ruby is a transplant from Taipei, Taiwan. She holds a B.A. in communication from Seattle Pacific University. She is proud to be one of the few old-schoolers who can edit tape with a razor blade.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Conversational Mandarin, Tagalog
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Member, AAJA
Stories
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Washington Reports An 'Unprecedented' Drop In Medicaid ER Visits
A year after hospitals began discouraging Medicaid patients from making unnecessary emergency room visits, the results are promising. A new state report...
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Health Exchange Open Enrollment Deadline Looms
If you don’t have health coverage yet, you still have two weeks to sign up. But state officials are urging people not to wait until the last minute....
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Affordable Care Act Opens Door To More Inmate Enrollment
Health care enrollments so far have been focused on people without insurance. But there’s another population officials are trying to get covered –...
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Holy Mammoth! Tusk Arrives At The Burke Museum
Scientists are hoping to learn more about a fossilized mammoth tusk that was uncovered two weeks ago at a construction site in Seattle’s South Lake...
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Destigmatizing Dementia: 'We're Still Here'
Living with dementia can be isolating for both patients and their families. As social interactions get awkward, people begin to withdraw. Not only do...
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How Do You Get A Young Adult To Buy Health Insurance?
Washington Healthplanfinder has rolled out a new series of snappy ads aimed at getting young adults to sign up for health care. To date, the enrollment...
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Washington's New Rules On Hospital Partnerships Challenged
The Washington State Hospital Association has filed suit in Thurston County Superior Court over the state's new permitting process for hospitals.
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PacMed To Partner With Providence Health, But Will Stay Secular
Pacific Medical Centers said Monday it plans to team with Providence Health and Services, the latest example of health care providers aligning with...
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Who Picks Up The Tab When Affordable Care Act Customers Can't Pay?
It’s one thing to get people to buy health insurance, something the state’s health exchange has been focusing on. But what happens when a patient can no...
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'Holistic Approach' To Employee Health Kicks Off With Kettlebell Record Attempt
For years, businesses have tried different approaches to get workers to adopt healthy lifestyles: They’ve offered rewards; they’ve tried to get...