Healthcare

How Healthcare Costs Hurt American Workers and Benefit the Wealthy

By Anne Case and Angus Deaton

Millennials' Chronic Health Problems Will Limit Their Lifetime Earnings, Report Says

By Emma Court / Bloomberg

Kidney Swaps Are Revolutionizing a Broken Organ-Donation System in the U.S.

By Lisa Emmott

The Health Care Industry Needs to Be More Honest About Medical Errors

By Kathleen Sutcliffe
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2020 Democrats Need Rural Voters. Can They Win Them Over By Fixing Rural Healthcare?

2020 Democrats need rural support. Rural Americans need accessible specialists and hospitals.

By Abby Vesoulis November 1, 2019

Community Health Workers Are Vital; Governments Should Be Paying Them

Illness is universal, health care is not. Over half of the world's 7.3 billion people, including 1 billion in rural communities, lack access to health care. Approximately 13 million children still go without a single...

By Raj Panjabi October 24, 2019

AI and Health Care Are Made for Each Other

Artificial intelligence has the potential to radically change health care. Imagine a not too distant future when the focus shifts away from disease to how we stay healthy. At birth, everyone would get a thorough,...

By Geralyn Miller October 24, 2019

Where You Live Should Not Determine Your Health Care

In recent years we have witnessed incredible advances in science and technology that improve the care we deliver to patients. But if people can't take their medication because they don't have a home, or have...

By Bernard J. Tyson October 24, 2019

The Face Transplant That's Changing Health Care

As the first African-American face-transplant recipient, here's how Robert Chelsea may change the health care system forever

By Jamie Ducharme October 24, 2019

The Director of the NIH Lays Out His Vision of the Future of Medical Science

Our world has never witnessed a time of greater promise for improving human health. Many of today’s health advances have stemmed from a long arc of discovery that begins with strong, steady support for basic...

By Dr. Francis S. Collins October 24, 2019

Employers Are Steering Workers Toward Controversial Stem Cell Therapies

Regenexx, which runs a string of clinics, says stem cell injections can save employers a lot of money, but critics say there’s no proof.

By Liz Szabo / Kaiser Health News June 19, 2019

A Boat Crushed His Face. Then Plastic Surgeons Hit Him With $167,000 in Medical Costs

Many plastic surgeons don’t participate in health plans

By Michelle Andrews / Kaiser Health News May 6, 2019

Should You Have to Work to Get Medicaid? Some Red States Say Yes

After Casey Copeland got sober, he started turning his life around. The 37-year-old Arkansas resident began volunteering at homelessness and addiction recovery organizations near Little Rock to gain experience to become a drug and alcohol...

By Abigail Abrams March 29, 2019

Medicaid Work Requirements Stall in Several States

Efforts in several states to require Medicaid recipients to work, study, volunteer or search for a job have stalled amid court challenges and questions from lawmakers, but the Trump Administration vowed to continue approving similar...

By Abigail Abrams March 28, 2019
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