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Rhian Lubin

@rhilubin.bsky.social
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Senior US reporter & features writer @the-independent.com covering news, politics & real-life stories in America. I am particularly interested in stories about the health insurance industry. Based in NY.

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 19/02/2026
IN FOCUS | Mom of 7-year-old hospitalized with brain swelling from measles: ‘I still wouldn’t have given my son the vaccine’
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Mom whose 7-year-old has brain swelling from measles still wouldn’t vaccinate
EXCLUSIVE: South Carolina parents living in the state’s measles epicenter tell Rhian Lubin of their devastation after their unvaccinated 7-year-old son, Ethan, developed encephalitis, a complication from the virus that causes swelling and inflammation in the brain
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Rhian Lubin @rhilubin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Maybe it's because I was lucky enough to grow up in a country with free, public healthcare. But I am never not stunned by these cases. Please get in touch if you have a story to share.
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Rhian Lubin @rhilubin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The insurance company reversed the decision following media coverage. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Mom unable to get treatment for 1 of 2 boys with rare disorder gets major update
Exclusive: Hunter Small, 10, was initially denied gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy after his brother Noah, 9, received treatment
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Rhian Lubin @rhilubin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
In September, I reported on two brothers with the same genetic disorder - but only one of them was given life-altering treatment, while the other was denied. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Brothers have the same genetic disorder. Insurance only covered treatment for one
Exclusive: Alison Joseph's sons Noah and Hunter both have Duchenne muscular dystrophy. She tells Rhian Lubin the heartbreaking reality of watching one thrive while the other suffers
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Rhian Lubin @rhilubin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Another story about a heart transplant patient who can't afford her medication after her insurer hiked the price was read by nearly 400,000 people. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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An organ donor gave her his heart. She can’t afford the medicines to keep it beating
Exclusive: A heart transplant recipient tells Rhian Lubin how she feels a health insurance company is ‘gambling’ with the gift of life from her donor: ‘If they let me go into rejection, they’re not ju...
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Rhian Lubin @rhilubin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I am never not shocked by the health insurance nightmares people have shared since I moved to the US a year ago. This one was one of the toughest interviews I've ever done. Thank you to this mother for baring her soul and her doctor for speaking to me. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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I was forced to carry my baby for a week after he died. Where’s the humanity?
EXCLUSIVE: 'I've already lost my baby and now this,’ a Nevada mother tells Rhian Lubin of the agony she endured after losing her son at 18 weeks, compounded by a health insurance company’s initial dec...
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Rhian Lubin @rhilubin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Making my BlueSky debut... This week I spoke to cancer patients and oncologists for this feature on the exasperating experience of dealing with health insurance red tape, often in life-or-death situations. Please read 💙 @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Exasperated cancer patients on fighting health insurance red tape — for their lives
EXCLUSIVE: Cancer patients, oncologists and advocates tell Rhian Lubin why the US health insurance system needs urgent reform, and is risking the lives of Americans fighting the disease
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