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'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...
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Washington Hospital Mergers Subject To State Review
Starting Thursday, hospitals that plan to merge or form partnerships will now undergo state review as part of a new rule that takes effect this week....
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Genetically-Modified Labeling Fight In Washington Continues With New Bills
When Rep. Cary Condotta campaigned for labeling genetically modified food last fall, he noticed reactions were different depending on the type of food:...
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State Health Exchange Amps Up Marketing To Reach Young Invincibles
You don’t often hear Justin Timberlake and health insurance in the same sentence. But this Friday, fans going to Key Arena to get their dose of Justin...
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Thousands Of Medicaid Recipients Lose Health Coverage
Washington residents who tried to buy health insurance through the health exchange weren’t the only ones to experience technical difficulties.
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What's Blocking Bertha? Probably An 8-Inch Steel Pipe
An 8-inch-wide steel pipe. That’s what is likely blocking Bertha, the boring machine creating a tunnel through downtown Seattle to replace the Alaskan...
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Jobless In Seattle: Researcher Struggles To Get Back In The Market
More than 24,000 Washington residents lost their federal unemployment benefits late last month. Congress let expire an emergency federal jobless program...