Children & Families

Last week, the House narrowly passed the American Health Care Act. We've asked journalists, nonprofit leaders, and health care practitioners to share what they’re hearing from people in their cities and states.

Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Chronic Disease

"Our health care system remains in a crisis," writes the CEO of Molina Healthcare. "Both the AHCA and the ACA only address the funding of health care and fail to tackle the troubling rate at which health care costs are rising."

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Patient Safety and Ethics

This series was produced as a project for the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism's National Fellowship.
Other stories in the series include: 
Fort Wayne, Ind. mom shares tragic story of losing baby
In Indianapolis, a baby dies every 3 1/2 days