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Elana Gordon covers the health beat at KCUR. She was previously a production assistant for KCUR’s live daily news show, Up to Date, and reported for the bilingual newspaper, Dos Mundos.   Before taking the plunge into radio, Gordon worked as a prevention specialist at a health clinic.

She has a dual degree in Political Science and Music from Barnard College.  It was there that she first caught the radio bug as an occasional host/producer for the music program, In All Languages, on WKCR 89.9 FM. 

The Salt
6:51 am
Thu December 27, 2012

Hospital Bids Bye-Bye To Big Macs, Others May Follow Suit

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Credit Keith Srakocic / AP
Visitors to one Kansas City hospital will no longer be able to buy a Big Mac on the premises.
Credit Elana Gordon
A sign outside an entrance at the Truman Medical Centers' main campus in Kansas City, Mo., announces the closure of the McDonald's located on-site.
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Originally published on Thu December 27, 2012 10:25 am

The McDonald's at the Truman Medical Centers' main campus in Kansas City, Mo., has closed, ending an epic, two-decade stint inside the hospital and making it the fifth health facility in the past few years to give the Big Mac the boot.

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Health
1:47 am
Tue November 13, 2012

Missouri, Kansas Reject Health Exchanges

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Originally published on Tue November 13, 2012 4:36 am

Immediately after last week's election, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced the state would not be setting up its own health insurance exchange. Next door in Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback announced that Kansas will have no involvement in running a state exchange either. The moves open the door for increased federal involvement in health care in staunchly Republican territory.