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Americans Really Don’t Like Trump’s Health-Care Plans

Ronald Brownstein

March 29, 2024

A graphic illustration of Donald Trump and Joe Biden superimposed over a health-insurance-claim form

The U.S. Health System’s Single Point of Failure

Juliette Kayyem

March 6, 2024

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GoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now

Elisabeth Rosenthal

February 5, 2024

A Simple Marketing Technique Could Make America Healthier

August 19, 2023

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America’s Latest Health-Care Debacle Has an Absurd Cause

August 5, 2023

The Rod of Asclepius with broken wings

The Medical Care That Helps No One

Kristen McConnell

May 10, 2023

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What Does a Good Health-Care System Look Like?

Conor Friedersdorf

December 12, 2022

A medical-office chair in black-and-white

‘It Just Seems Like My Patients Are Sicker’

August 29, 2022

A GIF of a doctor's hand holding up a stethoscope that actually has a ticking clock on its face; the hands are moving around quickly.

Serving Patients Through a Screen

August 15, 2022

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What COVID Hospitalization Numbers Are Missing

May 18, 2022

Dr. Sylvie de Souza at the emergency room in Brooklyn Hospital Center

What American Mental-Health Care Is Missing

February 13, 2022

It’s a Terrible Idea to Deny Medical Care to Unvaccinated People

January 20, 2022

A staffer treats a COVID-19 patient in a New York hospital.

Hospitals Are in Serious Trouble

January 7, 2022

A health-care worker stands in the doorway of a patient's room.

Coronavirus: COVID-19

Even Health-Care Workers With Long COVID Are Being Dismissed

November 24, 2021

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We Are Running in 'Degraded Mode'

November 23, 2021

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Why Health-Care Workers Are Quitting in Droves

November 16, 2021

A masked health-care worker stares ahead against a red background.

The Hidden Costs of Living Alone

October 20, 2021

A place setting for one: A light green plate on a green woven placemat with a knife and fork sitting on a plaid napkin. A half-full glass of wine sits by the plate.

Vaccine Refusers Risk Compassion Fatigue

Chavi Eve Karkowsky

August 11, 2021

An Arkansas nurse prepares to treat a COVID-19 patient.

Emergency Medicine’s Original Sin

July 12, 2021

A paramedic driving an ambulance with sirens blaring

Fix America by Undoing Decades of Privatization

K. Sabeel Rahman

October 11, 2020

An illustration of playground slides stylized in the colors of the American flag.

5 Ways the Health-Care System Can Stop Amplifying Racism

Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

September 24, 2020

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My Husband Would Not Survive a Triage Decision

Kathleen Dean Moore

May 7, 2020

A photo of Kathleen Moore and her husband.

Unlicensed Haircuts Are Only the Beginning

April 15, 2020

An illustration of Lady Liberty with red tape

The Child-Care Crisis Is Even Worse for Health-Care Workers

March 26, 2020

Coronavirus: COVID-19

What Happens If Health-Care Workers Stop Showing Up?

March 24, 2020

Doctors in Emilia Romagna

Where Are the Masks?

March 20, 2020

Medical workers at an intensive-care unit at Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital in China.

A Doctor Warns of the ‘Biggest Risk’ We Face Right Now

March 18, 2020

Carroll Hospital Critical Care Unit workers organize samples taken from people being tested for the coronavirus at a drive-through station in the hospital's parking garage

What Trump Could Do Right Now to Keep Workers Safe From the Coronavirus

March 2, 2020

Ambulances in front of the Life Care Center of Kirkland.

Trump’s Biggest Vulnerability

Ronald Brownstein

February 6, 2020

A photo of Donald Trump

Warren’s Attempt to Turn Her Greatest Weakness Into a Strength

January 15, 2020

Elizabeth Warren

My 92-Year-Old Father Didn’t Need More Medical Care

Ezekiel J. Emanuel

January 2, 2020

The hand of an elderly patient

The Stunning Rise of Single-Payer Health Care

November 21, 2019

Signs promoting Medicare for All

The Health-Care Debate Gets Nasty

September 12, 2019

Democratic candidates for president debate at Texas Southern University on September 12, 2019, in Houston, Texas.

The Surprising Rural Health-Care Legacy of the ’60s

Deborah Fallows

September 4, 2019

A country road with "Good Health" written on it in block letters

The Real Costs of the U.S. Health-Care Mess

August 8, 2019

Why Won’t Democrats Blame Hospitals?

July 31, 2019

Kamala Harris speaks at the CNN democratic debate.