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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 still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress

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Prescription medication is strewn about, with pill bottles in the deep background. (Getty Images)

Some addiction treatment centers turn big profits by scaling back care

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A man walks with his son after being reunited in an I.C.E processing center, after being separated for three months when they tried to cross into the United States. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

‘Caged … for no fault of your own’: Detainees dread COVID while awaiting immigration hearings

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Her apartment might have put her son’s health at risk. But ‘I have nowhere else to go’

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