Our John Lewis Writing Fellow offers her favorites from this year.
Health and Social Policy
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Building a Giant
Mapping UnitedHealth’s consumption of our health care system—from the ’70s to today
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Republicans Want to Ban All Abortions, Even if It Kills Mothers
The anti-choice mask comes off in Texas.
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On Drug Prices, Biden Opts for Talk Over Action
The administration says it has the ability to employ march-in rights to lower drug prices. When will it actually use them?
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The Life-and-Death Cost of Conservative Power
New research shows widening gaps between red and blue states in life expectancy.
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How Race Bends Science
The clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia has been applied disproportionately to Black men, an artifact of a changing culture.
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Euthanize This (Merger)
The merger of Cigna and Humana, America’s fifth- and sixth-largest for-profit health insurers, would create a monster middleman to ‘compete’ with the undisputed giant, UnitedHealth.
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Abortion Confusion in Texas
State courts must now decide how to handle life-threatening pregnancy issues that state attorneys, lawmakers, and medical officials refuse to clear up.
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The Medicare Advantage Trap
In 46 states, once you choose Medicare Advantage at 65, you can almost never leave.
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The Next Insulin Scandal
A generic cold medicine available in Europe also turns out to have benefits for Parkinson’s. Biden could prevent the usual effort to patent it and jack up the price.
