Bertha Coombs is CNBC’s senior health care reporter, covering health care services and policy, as well as financial markets and business news stories throughout the business day. Her health care coverage at CNBC has ranged from reporting on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the evolution of health care technology like telehealth and AI to help doctors with patient care, to the regulatory and competitive push to disrupt pharmacy models and lower drug costs, including the launch of the Inflation Reduction Act Medicare drug price negotiations. Over the course of twenty years at CNBC, Coombs has covered the tech sector from the Nasdaq Marketsite, the energy markets from the New York Mercantile Exchange and general market news from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.