Real Estate Investors Profit From Long-Term Care While Residents Languish
By the time she was hospitalized in 2020, Pearlene Darby, a retired teacher, had suffered open sores on both legs, both hips, and both heels,...
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Listen: Cheap Health Insurance Isn’t Always Cheap
By Jackie Fortiér April 21, 2026 Article HTML Jackie Fortiér High-deductible plans can look like a deal, until the bills start rolling in. On this...
Democrats Demand Trump Administration Halt Plan To Collect Federal Workers’ Health Data
Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the Trump administration halt plans to collect sensitive medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, as well as...
In Connecticut, Doctors Now Sue Patients Most Over Medical Bills, Surpassing Hospitals
Noam N. Levey and Katy Golvala and Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror BRISTOL, Conn. — Many hospital systems in Connecticut have stopped suing their patients over...
The Accidental Architect of America’s Drug Patent Problem
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Journalists Talk Hot Health Topics: Urgent Care Clinics Performing Abortions and Doulas’ Pay
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States Update Guardianship Laws To Keep Children of Immigrants Out of Foster Care
As family separations caused by immigration enforcement ramped up last year under President Donald Trump, I wondered what happens to the children whose parents are...
A New CDC Nominee, Again
The Host President Donald Trump this week nominated a former deputy surgeon general who has expressed support for vaccines to lead the Centers for Disease...
Listen: With Little Federal Regulation, States Are Left To Shape the Rules on AI in Health Care
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Your New Therapist: Chatty, Leaky, and Hardly Human
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”...