Health Care Archives

Pro-choice activists, politicians, and others associated with Planned Parenthood gathered for a demonstration against the Trump administration's Title X rule change on February 25th, 2019, at city hall in New York City.

Social Justice

What Crisis Pregnancy Centers Stand to Gain From Trump’s New Title X ‘Gag Rule’

In banning federal funding from groups that refer women for abortion services, the president is presenting a golden opportunity for faith-based, anti-abortion clinics.

Rosemary Westwood

Ideas

Why Expanding Health-Care Access Must Include Immigrants

Public health means keeping everyone healthy—as a moral matter, and a practical one.

David M. Perry

By 2020, the U.S. government wants more than 60 percent of American babies to be breastfeeding at six months of age.

News in Brief

Getting More Low-Income Americans to Breastfeed Would Lead to Health-Care Savings Down the Line

It would cost about $250 million to get an additional 650,000 low-income Americans to breastfeed as much as experts recommend, but it would save families and the health-care system $1.5 billion, a study finds.

Francie Diep

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Economics

Could Medicaid for All Work as a Path to Universal Coverage?

A new study suggests that states already have broad legal authority to expand Medicaid access.

David M. Perry

Education

The Complex Ethical Codes of Anti-Vaxxers

New research finds that vaccine skeptics possess an unusual mix of ethical beliefs that defy the traditional left-right divide.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

More Women Began Demanding Long-Acting Contraceptives After Trump Was Elected

In November of 2016, a lot of American women feared using access to contraception—so they got IUDs.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

The Trump Administration Proposes New Rules to Encourage Veterans to Seek Private Care

The new access standards are the most important step toward reshaping the Department of Veterans Affairs in line with Trump's vision of enlarging the private sector's role.

Isaac Arnsdorf

Economics

How the Private Health-Care Industry Is Working to Kill Medicare for All

Americans across the political spectrum are longing for change in health care but are worried about what changes might mean.

David M. Perry

Insurance underwriters working at Lloyd's of London, in April of 1958. Today, insurers won't offer general-liability insurance to the NFL to cover head injuries.

Economics

Insurers Could End Football. It Won’t Be the First Industry They’ve Transformed.

With CTE lawsuits mounting, the NFL can’t find a general-liability insurer to cover head injuries. Fraternities and police departments have faced similar problems.

Jack Denton