A woman stands at a pharmacy counter on a gray Tuesday afternoon, sliding her insurance card across the laminate. She… Read more
Category: Healthcare
How Immigration Policy Became a Health Care Shortage
On a quiet street in Shelby, North Carolina, a medical office sat ready for a colleague who would never arrive…. Read more
Who Is Rand Paul and Why You Want to Know
Politics tends to flatten people. Over time, complex lives get reduced to a handful of talking points, a voting record,… Read more
The Legal and the Low-Risk: The People Insurance Markets Can’t Afford to Lose
A late October evening in Denver, and a software designer named Marcus sits at his kitchen table scrolling through his… Read more
The Wisdom of the Ward and the Decline of Institutional Memory
There is a county clerk in Wisconsin who can tell you, without looking, which precincts always flip their absentee tallies… Read more
The Battle Over Healthcare Insurance Subsidies
Rep. Jen Kiggans of Virginia is hardly the person you’d expect to be leading the charge to save Obamacare subsidies…. Read more
Three Blueprints for Healing Rural America
The story of rural healthcare in America is always a story of distance. Distance between patients and providers. Distance between… Read more
What Happens When Your 401(k) Speaks Fluent AI
Margaret Chen has spent thirty-two years teaching fourth grade in San Bernardino. She retired last June with a comfortable pension… Read more
Burnout, Boundaries, and the Battle to Balance Care and Career
There’s a woman I know who makes chicken pot pie every Tuesday. Last week, she forgot the chicken. Not because… Read more
Small Towns Deserve More Than Empty Promises
Washington debates often revolve around numbers. Trillions in spending. Billions in cuts. A line item here. A policy adjustment there…. Read more