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## Healthcare


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* ![Advocates with T1Internationals New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut Chapters hold a vigil in New York City, on Sept. 5, 2019, honoring those who have lost their lives due to the high cost of insulin and demand lower insulin prices.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0af0bc7a1f1f752e/698a0a78b3fce30fc00c6585/health-care-problems-america.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 20, 2020  
## [How Healthcare Costs Hurt American Workers and Benefit the Wealthy](https://time.com/5785945/health-care-problems-america/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Anne Case and Angus Deaton
* ![Light and dark identical profiles back to back](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1bdb2f09c71c823/698a056d8fd2ee7ec5360602/light-dark-people.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 6, 2019  
## [Millennials' Chronic Health Problems Will Limit Their Lifetime Earnings, Report Says](https://time.com/5720313/millennials-health-limit-earnings/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Neil and Lisa Emmott](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd660f1a30a45f7a4/698a054f8fd2ee14d93605c2/kidney-swaps-organ-donation.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 5, 2019  
## [Kidney Swaps Are Revolutionizing a Broken Organ-Donation System in the U.S.](https://time.com/5717574/kidney-donor-swaps/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Lisa Emmott
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt968daf62cfcf5c5a/698a054b929fad7fcabf52cc/wheelchair-illustration-e1572883378424.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 5, 2019  
## [The Health Care Industry Needs to Be More Honest About Medical Errors](https://time.com/5717545/medical-errors/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Kathleen Sutcliffe
* ![Medical Debt is a Burden for Both Health Providers and Patients](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e89bac0dc13de1e/698a0539656a3fb6d6bd9265/rural-hospitals-closing-2020-democrats.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 1, 2019  
## [2020 Democrats Need Rural Voters. Can They Win Them Over By Fixing Rural Healthcare?](https://time.com/5715649/democrats-rural-healthcare-2020/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Abby Vesoulis  
* ![Health workers in protective clothing await patients in the outpatient lounge of Redemption Hospital, formerly an Ebola holding center, on Feb. 2, 2015 in Monrovia, Liberia.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff84c706492a7135/698a04ceb21a9c089b50290b/governments-should-pay-community-health-workers.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 24, 2019  
## [Community Health Workers Are Vital; Governments Should Be Paying Them](https://time.com/5709344/governments-should-pay-community-health-workers/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Raj Panjabi
* ![Robotic hand holding syringe.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32e8040608ca6203/698a04ce22fb85dc45e2a0a1/artificial-intelligence-health-care.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 24, 2019  
## [AI and Health Care Are Made for Each Other](https://time.com/5709346/artificial-intelligence-health/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Geralyn Miller
* ![Bernard Tyson](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2e99d6e383dcb69/698a04d9e76ad25ccc636afb/tyson-bernard-time-100-health-summit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 24, 2019  
## [Where You Live Should Not Determine Your Health Care](https://time.com/5709383/health-care-zip-code-inequality/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Bernard J. Tyson
* ![In July, Robert Chelsea became the first African-­American face-­transplant recipient](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta74a4cc41c41e711/698a04c44ee26261263167a9/face-transplant-african-american-2-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 24, 2019  
## [The Face Transplant That's Changing Health Care](https://time.com/5709294/first-african-american-face-transplant/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4ecac842235ffca/698a04c8b3fce39dca0c5bbf/medical-science-age-of-discovery.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 24, 2019  
## [The Director of the NIH Lays Out His Vision of the Future of Medical Science](https://time.com/5709207/medical-science-age-of-discovery/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Dr. Francis S. Collins  
* ![Stem cell clinic in Mexico City.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd429d28511d165ad/6989fecb7cdbac8093d60dc6/stem-cell-therapy.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 19, 2019  
## [Employers Are Steering Workers Toward Controversial Stem Cell Therapies](https://time.com/5609972/stem-cell-clinic-controversy-regenexx/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Liz Szabo / Kaiser Health News
* ![Bob and Linda Ensor](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4087bf407408f1cb/6989495b656a3fbe45bd70fc/ensor.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 6, 2019  
## [A Boat Crushed His Face. Then Plastic Surgeons Hit Him With $167,000 in Medical Costs](https://time.com/5582030/emergency-plastic-surgery-medical-bills/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Michelle Andrews / Kaiser Health News
* ![Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks at a news conference about a ruling against the state's work requirement for its Medicaid expansion program at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dd81cb15e5154ea/6989478be76ad25c6363468b/arkansas-medicaid-work-requirement.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 29, 2019  
## [Should You Have to Work to Get Medicaid? Some Red States Say Yes](https://time.com/5560758/medicaid-work-requirements/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Abigail Abrams
* ![Health Insurance](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5157e74fd93bef46/69894781db29871e0026213e/medicaid-requirements-arkansas-kentucky.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 28, 2019  
## [Medicaid Work Requirements Stall in Several States](https://time.com/5560629/medicaid-work-requirements-arkansas-kentucky/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Abigail Abrams
* ![gofundme app](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc83acdb7cca73145/69893b6986f68e022a6ea4b3/gofundme-50-genius-companies-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 30, 2019  
## [GoFundMe CEO: One-Third of Site's Donations Are to Cover Medical Costs](https://time.com/5516037/gofundme-medical-bills-one-third-ceo/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Gina Martinez

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