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Topic: Health Care (page 2)

Man with cracked tooth smile (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

I can’t afford to replace my veneers

Edgar Gomez
In this photo illustration, Elizabeth Snouffer, whose had type 1 diabetes for most of her life, displays her insulin capsule which she needs to take daily on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Illustration by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The biohackers who make DIY insulin

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Italy, Magenta Hospital, Emergency. (Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Moving to Italy for health care was wise

Linda Barnett
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Behind lack of empathy for UHC CEO death

Nicole Karlis
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McDonald's logo is seen outside the restaurant (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A murder, a manhunt and a McDonald's

Ashlie D. Stevens
Flags fly at half mast outside the United Healthcare corporate headquarters on December 4, 2024 in Minnetonka, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Murdering CEOs is not a solution

Troy Farah
Republican Senatorial candidate for Pennsylvania Mehmet Oz speaks during a get out the vote rally ahead of the US midterm elections, in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, on November 7, 2022. (ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Oz's finanical conflicts of interest

Darius Tahir - KFF Health News
Pharmacist discussing medication at pharmacy counter (Getty Images/SDI Productions)

Democrats can still lower drug prices

Howard Dean
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Female osteopath examining senior woman's back at clinic (Getty Images/The Good Brigade)

Chronic pain is straining health care

Joel Press
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. | Supporters of Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fluoride? Boy, I didn’t see this coming

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Donald Trump | A woman crying (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's "protection" kills more women

Amanda Marcotte
Morris Brown, a primary care physician, says that South Carolina lawmakers’ refusal to expand Medicaid will result in preventable deaths because many people who live near his medical offices in Kingstree and Lake City cannot afford to go to a doctor. (Gavin McIntyre for KFF Health News)

Black Americans suffer worse health

Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam - KFF Health News
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Elderly patient talking to doctor (Getty Images/Maskot)

Project 2025's "shocking" Medicare plot

Cara Michelle Smith
A woman sitting on the edge of her hospital bed before she goes for some treatment (Getty Images/SolStock)

The corporate greed threatening health

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president, addresses a rally to kick off their campaign at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pa., on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Harris-Walz stand out on health care

Stephanie Armour - KFF Health News
Doctor holding tablet showing brain human and body (Getty Images/Vithun Khamsong)

AI, health care and human realities

Arjun V.K. Sharma - Undark
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Abortion rights demonstrators gather near the Washington Monument during a nationwide rally in support of abortion rights in Washington, D.C., US, on May 14, 2022. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

I'm an ER doc, abortion care is my job

Dr. Sophia Spadafore
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

New tech risks health care price fixing

Julie Rovner, David Hilzenrath - KFF Health News
Empty Hospital Bed (Getty Images/David Sacks)

Mortality gap widens in rural health

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez - KFF Health News
Everest Base Camp 5364 m, written on a big rock on Khumbu glacier, Mt. Everest behind covered by monsoon clouds. (Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images)

My hardest medical job wasn't on Everest

Mimi Zieman
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Cost of living, concept (Getty Images/CarlaNichiata)

Why you feel poorer than ever

Joe Tauke
A pregnant woman in the foreground as the unrecognizable doctor shows her an ultrasound (Getty Images/SDI Productions)

Being Black and pregnant in the South

Lauren Sausser - KFF Health News
Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's up in polls — but he may blow it

Amanda Marcotte
After her primary care doctor retired in 2020, Anne Withrow, a trans woman in Albuquerque, New Mexico, sought care at Truman Health Services, a clinic specializing in transgender health care at the University of New Mexico. “They said, ‘We have a waiting list.’ A year later they still had a waiting list,” she said. She was eventually seen at a local community-based health center instead. (CECILIA NOWELL FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS)

Transgender refugees flock to New Mexico

Cecilia Nowell - KFF Health News
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