Experts warn of potentially hundreds of hospital closures, which would degrade the entire medical system.
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Is Trump Bad for Nurses?
In their third walkout, New Orleans nurses face a drawn-out contract fight. Observers say the president’s policies aren’t helping.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Has the VA Stymied a Profession It Helped Create?
Physician assistants could help with the Veterans Administration’s staffing challenges. But though the VA pays for training scholarships, PAs have found it hard to get work there.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer
America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Hospital Empire Is Closing Its Doors—but the Stock Is on a Tear
More than a dozen hospitals employing tens of thousands have either shut this year or are on the brink, while two shadowy figures prop up their owners’ stock.
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A Private Equity Hospital Bankruptcy Gets a True-Crime Twist
Prospect Medical Holdings is the latest sordid tale of legalized hospital embezzlement killing patients and communities. But the judge assigned to its bankruptcy raises eyebrows in a good way.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Plutocracy Kills
From the Boeing door plug blowout to the assassination of Brian Thompson to the never-ending oligarch-fueled genocide of Gaza, 2024 was not a year of moral ambiguity or nuance.
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These Nurses Got a Union—but Say They Can’t Get a Contract Without a Strike
Six hundred New Orleans nurses join a national surge in pre-contract strikes.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Final Boss of Our Medical Misery
Some health care problems, like Luigi Mangione’s excruciating back pain, are complex and mysterious. But the ultimate villain is pretty straightforward.
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The Ambulance Chasers of Totaled Hospitals
Insight Health is the pride of Flint, Michigan, and it’s coming for a failing hospital near you.
