Caitlin Cross-Barnet, a Medicaid researcher harassed by Musk's DOGE has killed herself - Mander

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64482059 [https://lemm.ee/post/64482059] > Caitlin Cross-Barnet earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. Caitlin joined the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, where she helped design and evaluate programs to improve pregnancy and child health outcomes. > > Her job was testing tiny changes to Medicaid to yield better patient outcomes and save taxpayer money. But Caitlin told her friends that those tiny adjustements, especially in maternal health, could save lives. She oversaw a federal program to help pregnant mothers addicted to opioids. > > All her work data was deleted. Harassed by DOGE emails, Caitlin killed herself > > Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/05/20/federal-workers-trump-mental-health/ [https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/05/20/federal-workers-trump-mental-health/] >