Women Doctors Leaving Medicine Is a Crisis
The cruel cocktail of sexism, pay inequity, and burnout has led to a critical shortage of women physicians. And it could be putting us all at risk.
Healthcare
The GOP Is Going After Trans Healthcare
LGBTQ people already face misdiagnosis, harassment, and refusal of treatment by the medical establishment. Trump’s Dept. of Health and Human Services is about to make it much worse.
Is Healthtech Failing Our Aging Population?
Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, but new apps and devices often overlook seniors. And when it comes to health care, this is an oversight we can't afford.
What If the Pre-existing Condition Mandate Is Repealed?
It's not just people with disabilities who are at risk. Half of non-elderly Americans have preexisting conditions and could find themselves uninsured, sick, and out of luck.
While He Was Tweeting: The Take a Knee Edition, Week 35
The chaos President was in peak form this weekend, baiting Kim Jong Un and stirring racial tensions, while the rest of America fought to save healthcare.
While He Was Tweeting: Trump’s Worst Week Edition, Week 27
This week brought NSFW interviews, horrifying speeches to Boy Scouts, calls for police violence and, yep, Reince Priebus got fired. While the White House was in chaos, a lot of other things happened. Here’s what you missed.
That Time NPR Did Not Consider All Things
What a flubbed abortion-access story can teach us about the "fake news" era.
Julie Negrin Will Die If the ACA is Repealed
And so will many other Americans. And the GOP doesn't care.
The GOP Doesn’t Think My Son’s Life Is Worth Living
The writer, whose son has cerebral palsy and autism, offers a potent example of how the sick and disabled will suffer under the Republicans' merciless health-care proposal.
Is the GOP Trying to Kill Americans?
The U.K.-born American resident, who grew up having access to Britain's NHS, would literally have died without Obamacare. If the GOP has their way, over 20 million of us just might.