The spending cuts could force many rural hospitals to close. That wouldn’t just be a crisis for rural health care but for rural employment too.

The U.S. has treatments to help people dealing with opioid addictions but throws up hurdles to access.

Experts say the long-Covid crisis will mirror the pandemic itself, creating a “tsunami of disability” that will take a disproportionate toll on low-income people of color.

Small-ball innovations like telemedicine expansion can’t patch a system that’s set up to fail.