Joseph Rago (January 6, 1983 – July 20, 2017) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning[2] American political writer,[3] best known for his work at The Wall Street Journal.
[2] While there, he wrote for The Dartmouth Review, an independent conservative student newspaper, serving as its editor-in-chief in 2005, and on its board after his graduation.
[2] Rago was known for being an outspoken critic of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
"[7][8] In July 2017, Rago was found dead at his East Village, Manhattan apartment; he was 34 years old.
[9] In September 2017, New York City's medical examiner office released a statement confirming his cause of death to be sarcoidosis.