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Healthcare

  1. science of us
    When Did You Realize American Health Care Was Broken?Eight women share stories of their frustrating, exorbitantly expensive, and demoralizing experiences with the U.S. health-care system.
    By Katie Heaney
  2. migrant children
    A 2-Year-Old Migrant Boy Has Died in Federal CustodyHe is the fourth migrant child to die in U.S. custody since December.
    By Hannah Gold
  3. abortion rights
    The Most Important Things to Know About Alabama’s Abortion BanThe bill is explicitly meant to challenge Roe v. Wade.
    By Hannah Gold
  4. reproductive rights
    Trump’s Lies About Abortion Keep Getting More DisturbingThe President has grown fond of falsely claiming that abortion doctors can “execute” babies.
    By Hannah Gold
  5. healthcare
    What It’s Like to Live in the Country Where Giving Birth Costs $60Nikki Haley said Finnish people don’t like their health-care system. Journalist Anu Partanen — who recently moved back there — disagrees.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  6. power
    Arkansas and Utah Have Passed 18-Week Abortion BansIf they’re signed into law, they could become the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country.
    By Kimberly Truong
  7. insurance
    Superintendent Faces Charges for Using Her Insurance to Help a Sick StudentCasey Smitherman was afraid the student had strep throat.
    By Ella Cerón
  8. reproductive rights
    Judge Strikes Down Mississippi’s Awful Abortion Ban, Calls It ‘Pure Gaslighting’He called the 15-week ban “clearly unconstitutional” in a blistering opinion.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  9. politics
    I Voted for Republicans, Until They Voted Against My SonThe GOP’s stance on health care has driven me to the left.
    By Tasha Nelson
  10. skin deep
    Your Favorite Indie Singer Says Access to Health Care Is the Secret to Good Skin“There’s no miracle product.”
    By Hayley Schueneman
  13. trumpcare
    Trump’s New Insurance Rules Put Women and Children at Risk“These plans aren’t for everyone,” says HHS Secretary Alex Azar.
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  14. politics
    How to Be a Parent in AmericaWe have to give up on the idea that common ground makes a difference to people willing to commit atrocities.
    By Jen Gann
  15. legalized discrimination
    The ‘Conscience and Religious Freedom Division’ Will Help Doctors DiscriminateIt will protect health workers who don’t want to treat transgender patients or women seeking abortions.
    By Amanda Arnold
  16. bearing children
    Congress Is Threatening Kids’ Health CareGrown-ups are supposed to help kids stay healthy.
    By Jen Gann
  17. science of us
    Too Many Doctors Still Believe Dangerous Racial StereotypesThe online outrage over a medical textbook barely begins to address a widespread problem.
    By Alice Robb
  18. science of us
    Why It’s So Hard for Doctors to Learn About Transgender Health IssuesThe history of a long-standing gap in medical education.
    By Sonya Vatomsky
  19. sick sad babies
    What to Do If the Health-Care Bill Makes You Want to SwearBe like Joe Scarborough and go ahead and swear. Then call your senators.
    By Jen Gann
  20. bearing children
    It’s Okay to Politicize Your Child When Politics Are Threatening His LifeRepublicans are endangering health care for American families, again.
    By Jen Gann
  21. women's health
    The Medicare-for-All Bill Covers All Women’s Health Services, Including AbortionPro-choice groups are heavily endorsing the bill.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  22. women in politics
    Kamala Harris Just Backed a Bill That Would Make Health Care Free“It’s just the right thing to do.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  25. politics
    Senator Uses Term ‘Shot Their Wad,’ Clarifies He Meant It the Civil War WayThe senator used an interesting term to describe the GOP’s health-care defeat.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  26. politics
    Senator With Kidney Cancer on Health-Care Battle: ‘It’s Not Over Yet’Hawaii’s Mazie Hirono on the ongoing health-care fight, the fumbling Trump administration, and John McCain’s dramatic 11th-hour vote.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  27. politics
    Susan Collins Applauded in the Airport After Voting ‘No’ on Health-Care BillCollins, who was just one of three Republicans to vote down the bill, called the experience “affirming.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  28. politics
    Senator Compares Health-Care Bill to Eating DisorderThe “skinny repeal” joke went too far.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  29. burns
    Susan Collins Was Caught Burning the Congressman Who Wanted to Duel Her“He’s so unattractive, it’s unbelievable.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  30. politics
    Republican Lawmaker Blames ‘Female Senators’ for Stalling Health-Care BillHe added that if they weren’t women, he’d like to “settle this Aaron Burr–style.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  31. bearing children
    7 Parents Terrified They Won’t Be Able to Afford Their Kids’ Health CareAs the Senate tackles health care, parents with medically vulnerable kids explain why they’re frightened.
    By Jen Gann
  32. politics
    Republican Senator Uses Porcupine-Sex Metaphor to Explain Health-Care BillSenator Pat Roberts explained the Obamacare repeal with an … interesting metaphor.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  33. Protesters Wore Handmaid’s Tale Costumes to Challenge the GOP Health-Care BillAnd they’re not the only ones to have done so.
    By Samantha Lee
  34. politics
    Watch Senator Cory Booker’s Emotional Speech Condemning the Health-Care BillA Facebook Live session turned into a spontaneous rally on the Capitol steps against the Senate’s health-care bill.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  37. bearing children
    The New GOP Bill Would Be a Disaster for Families Like MineMy son has an incurable disease with financial costs that aren’t going away.
    By Jen Gann
  38. politics
    Claire McCaskill Calls Out GOP for Crafting Health-Care Bill Behind Closed Doors“There’s a group of guys in a back room somewhere that are making these decisions.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  39. Women Share Their Health-Care Stories With #IAmAPreexistingConditionThey’re using #IAmAPreexistingCondition to share their own conditions.
    By Lisa Ryan
  40. politics
    CNN Commentator Shuts Down Analyst Who Compares Trump to MLKSymone Sanders was not having it.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  41. 3 Insights About Inequality in American Health CareDespite being the richest and most powerful country in the world, America continues to do a terrible job taking care of its vulnerable citizens.
    By Jesse Singal
  42. Want to Live Longer? Be RichThis one simple trick involving having been born into a different socioeconomic class can buy you a decade and a half of extra lifespan!
    By Jesse Singal
  43. politics
    GOP’s Obamacare Replacement Bill Defunds Planned Parenthood by Limiting MedicaidThe bill also limits coverage for abortions in the private insurance market.
    By Theresa Avila
  44. politics
    Women Got All Up in This Virginia Congressman’s ‘Grill’ at Rowdy Town HallRepresentative Dave Brat heard from those women Tuesday night.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  45. behavioral economics
    A Two-Word Psychological Concept Can Explain the Anger Over Obamacare RepealPeople are much more likely to get riled about the prospect of having something taken from them as opposed to given to them.
    By Jesse Singal
  46. health insurance
    Why Are Equinox Trainers Losing Their Health Coverage?A new rule pokes a hole in the company message.
    By Kristen Dold
  49. optimism
    How Relentless Optimism Can Hurt Sick PeopleIf you want to help a friend who’s sick, don’t force them to feel a certain way.
    By Jesse Singal
  50. beauty is pain
    Indoor Tanning Salon Owners Blame Obamacare for Bad BusinessHarsh burn, dude.
    By Jenni Miller
  51. Soon, the World Health Organization Will Say Being Trans Isn’t a Mental DisorderThe new guidelines reflect an evolving understanding of trans identity among the medical Establishment — and some lingering tensions.
    By Jesse Singal
  52. Half of Dermatologists Say They Weren’t Trained to Spot Cancer on Black SkinRacial disparities in health care start in med schools.
    By Melissa Dahl
  53. motherhood
    I Had a Baby in Europe; Here’s What It Did to MeHow three years of state-subsidized motherhood changed my life.
    By Abigail Rasminsky
  54. economics
    Insurance Companies Can’t Afford Not to Cover Transgender PatientsDenying care makes no economic sense.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  55. healthcare
    Should All Women Get Tested for the Breast Cancer Gene?It’s not a crystal ball.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  56. Proposal Bans Trans Health-Care DiscriminationThe Affordable Care Act is about to get more inclusive.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  57. Busy Health-Care Workers Wash Their Hands Less In demanding jobs, nobody has time to follow the rules. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  58. Nurses Who Care the Most Burn Out FastestA drive to help others can backfire.
    By Melissa Dahl
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