North Carolina politicians have long sparred over insurance for the poor, with little movement toward expansion.
Politico's Joanne Kenen and University of Michigan law professor Nicholas Bagley break down the case for us.
This story was produced as a larger project by Valeria Fernandez for the 2020 National Fellowship, focusing on how indigenous, immigrant communities and people of color have been organizing before and during the pandemic in communities of care to find support and healing.
It's hard to tell the story of how the Marshallese came to America without starting with the nuclear bombs.
Hundreds of studies show Medicaid expansion saves lives. So why do lawmakers reject the program or impose punitive rules during a pandemic that hit low-income Black and Brown people so hard?
Charlie Ornstein of ProPublica and Reuters' Chris Kirkham talk strategy.
The loss of a job shouldn't mean the loss of health care or devastating medical bills. Here's what states can do now to help.
Now more than ever, reporters need to be ready to communicate coverage alternatives to their audiences as layoffs sweep the nation.
“We have not only a real public health threat but this novel coronavirus is really affecting the economy, and this is going to have implications for state revenues,” one analyst said.
Health reporters from Politico and The Washington Post joined Urban's Linda Blumberg for a fresh look at the candidates' plans for health reform— and the very real challenges they'd face.
