Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Correspondent

Nancy covers Washington, D.C. for Marketplace. However, she has a wide range of interests and has reported on everything from homelessness to government shutdowns and the history of the Fed.

Before joining Marketplace, she worked in the NPR newscast unit as a producer and fill-in editor and newscaster. She also worked at WAMU, the NPR affiliate in Washington.

In 2023, Nancy was honored with a Gracie Award for a story on how pediatricians were coping with the end of the federal government's COVID public health emergency. The story also won a National Headliner Award and a Society of Professional Journalists award.

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Mar 22, 2011
Health care law turns one
It has been a year since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act. Many of the changes won't take place until 2014, but for some, the groundwork is being laid now. A new crop of health care co-ops are being planned that could bring together insurance companies and doctors to increase care and reduce costs.
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Mar 19, 2011
Confidence about retirement security low
Americans are more pessimistic than ever about their prospects for a comfortable retirement, according to a new survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer explains why.
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Mar 15, 2011
GOP takes smaller steps on Fannie and Freddie
Republicans wanted to kill the federal mortgage agencies but now are considering more gradual steps to limit their role in housing market.
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Mar 12, 2011
The complications of health reform’s accountable care organizations
The health reform law will be encouraging doctors, hospitals and insurance companies to work together in caring for Medicare patients through what are called accountable care organizations. But will they work?
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Mar 10, 2011
Don’t show me the money, some in Missouri say
Federal stimulus money would make up for state education cuts, but some legislators want to give it back and deal with the budget cuts now, not later.
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Mar 10, 2011
Maine gets health care law waiver
The state of Maine will not have to adhere to the law's Medical Loss Ratio, which requires insurers to spend 80 percent of premiums on actual care. The state argued the law would destabilize its health insurance market. The waiver could open the door to other states looking for a pass.
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Mar 5, 2011
Unemployment falls below 9%, government cuts 30,000 jobs
U.S. Labor Department has released its job report for February, and for the first time in two years unemployment is below 9 percent. But analysts are worried jobs aren't being created fast enough.
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Mar 4, 2011
Obama makes deal to let Mexican trucks on U.S. highways
President Barack Obama and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon announced that they have agreed to allow Mexican trucks on American highways. The deal needs congressional approval. Nancy Marshall Genzer explains.
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Mar 3, 2011
SEC considers new alternative to credit ratings
The Securities and Exchange Commission may propose dropping credit rating agencies for a new method for evaluating their portfolios. Nancy Marshall Genzer explains.
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Mar 3, 2011
Former Sen. Dodd lands new role in Hollywood
His first role in Hollywood was playing himself in the 1993 movie "Dave." But former Sen. Chris Dodd now has a new role — head of the Motion Picture Association of America. Nancy Marshall Genzer has more.
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