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Health Care Archive

Archives for December 2024

Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s new abortion case should be an easy win for Planned ParenthoodThe Supreme Court’s new abortion case should be an easy win for Planned Parenthood
Supreme Court

Although nothing is ever certain in this Supreme Court.

By Ian Millhiser
Future Perfect
American doctors hate the health care system almost as much as you doAmerican doctors hate the health care system almost as much as you do
Future Perfect

How being a doctor in America compares to other countries.

By Dylan Scott
Today, Explained podcast
How UnitedHealthcare became the face of a broken health care systemHow UnitedHealthcare became the face of a broken health care system
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Luigi Mangione was charged with murdering a health care CEO. The internet responded with a flood of support.

By Miranda Kennedy and Sean Rameswaram
The slippery appeal of RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement
Policy

Everybody loves MAHA — because nobody knows what it really is.

By Keren Landman, MD
The deep roots of Americans’ hatred of their health care system
Future Perfect

The industry’s blame game will not end the US national health care nightmare.

By Dylan Scott
Policy
A big insurer backed off its plan to pay less for anesthesia. That’s bad.A big insurer backed off its plan to pay less for anesthesia. That’s bad.
Policy

What the fight between Anthem and anesthesiologists was really about.

By Eric Levitz