How Greedy Hospitals Fleece the Poor
The most vulnerable Americans are being dunned into destitution through surprise fees and fraudulent practices.
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The Mental Health Scapegoat
The GOP's hand-wringing over "deranged" individuals distracts from America's real pathology: guns.
Does Your Insurance Cover Abortion?
A new slew of state laws are aimed at making sure abortion coverage is banned from private health insurance plans—putting the procedure still further out of reach.
Trump’s Austerity Politics
How the president’s budget proposal grew out of New York’s financial crisis in the 1970s.
How Medical Bills Harm Us All
Elisabeth Rosenthal's new book 'An American Sickness' traces the effects of profit in American health care.
Trump Has Turned the GOP Into the Party of Eugenics
The long-discredited theory is newly relevant in 2017—but maybe it's always been embedded in the Republican platform.
Obamacare Wasn’t a Radical Change. But Trumpcare Certainly Will Be.
The outgoing president's health care law mildly reformed the existing system. The incoming administration wants to overhaul it entirely.
Obama’s Big Flip-Flop to Save Obamacare
A public option for the Affordable Care Act is back on the table.
How Large Companies Are Exploiting a Loophole in Obamacare
"Skinny" health insurance plans make a mockery of the Affordable Care Act
Obamacare Is Slashing Those Crazy COBRA Premiums
Conservatives say the law crushes liberty. See why this woman disagrees.
Cause for Concern
Health-care costs are rising—and the experts aren't sure why
The Obamacare Benefit That Gets No Respect
The uninsured aren't the only ones who benefit. The underinsured do too.
Obamacare Enrollment Didn't Slow Down in February
Attention, critics: February has 28 days.
