New restrictions have fueled a physician exodus, ramped up rural health disparities, and will invite the inevitable court challenges.
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How COVID’s End Could Upend Billions in State and Local Spending
The text of the American Rescue Plan has numerous references to the COVID public-health emergency. What happens when that emergency ends on May 11?
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California Goes In for Drugmaking
The state will make and distribute insulin at cost. That should be a model for every other state.
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Abortion Laws Stand Between Pregnant Texans and the Care They Need
Doctors are left to guess at whether helping their patients will land them in prison.
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Are Advocates for Corporate Disability Inclusion Anti-Worker?
The corporate-funded nonprofit organizations can shield corporations from the consequences of worker abuse.
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The Fight for Mental Health Parity
The expiration of the COVID public-health emergency will make it harder to obtain treatment. But hurdles already existed in the law.
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Private Health Care Companies Are Eating the American Economy
A new report from Wendell Potter at the Center for Health and Democracy examines just how the private insurance market makes its money—and how American health care is worse off for it.
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Countering Dobbs
A sex equality approach by states could protect abortion rights, and then some
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How Noncompete Agreements Hamstrung America’s Pandemic Response
When COVID-19 was at its worst, many doctors wanted to go where they were most needed. Their bosses said no.
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Does COVID-19 Damage the Immune System?
The balance of evidence strongly indicates that outside of rare cases, it does not.
