A kidney transplant survivor urges donation despite safety fears after a Times investigation sparked registry withdrawals, while reporters are urged to cover access and racial inequities.
Health Insurance and Costs
States are eliminating out-of-pocket costs for follow-up cancer tests, aiming to reduce delays, improve early detection, and address disparities in care.
As premiums jump and assistance shrinks, a growing number of older people are being forced to delay or skip health care.
Advocates say boosting insurance pay would help expand programs for vulnerable pregnant people.
While Black gay and bisexual men experience higher rates of HIV, PrEP remains less accessible to many in this community.
Detroit residents face major health care barriers due to unreliable transport, causing stress, missed care and costs; community engagement helped uncover lived experiences and gaps in solutions.
There’s growing evidence that medicine risks losing talent from poor and working-class, Black and Latino communities. Ultimately, patient care will suffer as a result.
Even in states that require products to be supplied, advocates say uneven rules and lax enforcement leave women scrambling.
An investigation exposes “medical deportations”: hospitals are transferring seriously ill migrant patients outside the U.S. to avoid costs, violating rights and putting lives at risk.
Una investigación expone las “deportaciones médicas”: hospitales trasladan a pacientes migrantes graves fuera de EE. UU. para evitar costos, vulnerando derechos y poniendo vidas en riesgo.