Elijah de Castro
Report for America Corps Member | Health ReporterElijah de Castro is an award-winning investigative reporter covering health. As WAER’s Report for America corps member, he produces longform written stories and radio pieces about public health and health care in Central New York communities.
Before arriving at WAER, de Castro was a health reporter at The Keene Sentinel, where he covered failures in the state’s Medicaid program. This is his second stint as a Report for America corps member, having previously covered rural communities in Allendale County, South Carolina.
De Castro is originally from Trumansburg, New York and graduated from Ithaca College in 2023 with a BA in journalism. He likes playing ping pong and pool in his spare time.
As your health reporter, de Castro will cover health insurance, health care delivery and public health policy. He is always searching for new leads that you can send to: edecastr@syr.edu.
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White House administrators call it a necessary step to stop health insurance profiteering, while Gillibrand and Hochul warn it will raise Medicare Part D premiums for New York’s seniors. -
A small group of locals gathered to protest to recent federal cuts to Medicare and Medicaid on the programs' 61st anniversary.
