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Health Care Archive

Archives for October 2024

2024 Elections
Republicans are serious about cutting people’s health careRepublicans are serious about cutting people’s health care
2024 Elections

Donald Trump’s election could allow the GOP to gut Medicaid and protections for preexisting conditions.

By Dylan Scott
Future Perfect
Zika is still spreading. Why don’t we have a vaccine yet?Zika is still spreading. Why don’t we have a vaccine yet?
Future Perfect

Preventing the disease can improve the quality of life for thousands.

By Jess Craig
The profit-obsessed monster destroying American emergency rooms
Health Care

Private equity decimated emergency care in the United States — without you even noticing.

By Keren Landman, MD
Explain It to Me
Why is US health care like this?Why is US health care like this?
Explain It to Me

America unintentionally built a health care system that is hard to fix.

By Dylan Scott
Future Perfect
The world’s spending to fight global lead poisoning just doubledThe world’s spending to fight global lead poisoning just doubled
Future Perfect

1.5 million people die from lead exposure a year. This new global partnership could change that.

By Dylan Matthews

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