Health Care
Vox’s coverage of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare-for-all, emergency room fees, and everything else you need to know about the health care industry.
All to save 0.08 percent of the budget.
The rising popularity of this major healthcare program, briefly explained.
The new Health and Human Services secretary is facing one of his first public health crises. Will he blow up the typical protocol?
Exclusive: California has a new plan to put chatbots in their place.
What two new executive orders mean for trans youth.
America is finally seeing fewer drug shortages. But Trump’s tariffs could reverse that progress.
Sowing doubt about vaccines has earned him millions — and could keep paying out.
What’s making Americans sick, according to a top RFK Jr. adviser.
How Trump could attempt to cut Medicaid, school funding, and more — without Congress.
Ozempic is changing the way we think about diet and exercise.
Becerra v. Braidwood Management threatens to make your health insurance worse.
Understanding your health insurance benefits can seem like an impossible puzzle. Here’s your guide to getting the most out of them.
Although nothing is ever certain in this Supreme Court.
How being a doctor in America compares to other countries.
Luigi Mangione was charged with murdering a health care CEO. The internet responded with a flood of support.
Everybody loves MAHA — because nobody knows what it really is.
The industry’s blame game will not end the US national health care nightmare.
What the fight between Anthem and anesthesiologists was really about.
America, before and after vaccines.
America’s fragmented safety net makes it easy for cuts to go unnoticed.
What Trump’s return could mean for the global poor.
What Trump’s return means for America’s poor people.
Donald Trump’s election could allow the GOP to gut Medicaid and protections for preexisting conditions.
Preventing the disease can improve the quality of life for thousands.
Private equity decimated emergency care in the United States — without you even noticing.
America unintentionally built a health care system that is hard to fix.
1.5 million people die from lead exposure a year. This new global partnership could change that.
Harris and Winfrey spoke to the family of Amber Thurman, who died after doctors delayed abortion-related care.
The Republican ticket is taking on Big Cancer Patient.
Kidney donors save lives. Why aren’t we compensated for it?
How insurance treats dentistry different from medicine — and makes things weird.
From granola bars to chips, more studies are revealing that UPFs are tied to diseases like cancer and depression.
A new generation of drugs promised salvation from hepatitis B and C. What went wrong?
Oklahoma v. HHS could potentially blow up much of Medicare and Medicaid if the justices decide to wild out.
The case against Medicare drug price negotiations doesn’t add up.
Who should actually get the jab, and when?
But there might be global consequences.
Covid’s summer surge, explained
The former president says he’ll block funding for US schools that require vaccines.
Now isn’t the time to stop funding key public health programs.