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The Impossible Predicament of the Uninsured

April 2026 Issue

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Drink Whole Milk, Eat Red Meat, and Use ChatGPT

Matteo Wong and Nicholas Florko

February 13, 2026

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GLP-1 Envy Was Just the Beginning

February 8, 2026

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What Having a Fake Disease Taught Me About Health Care

David H. Freedman

January 8, 2026

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The Three-Step Guide to Fixing Affordability

December 22, 2025

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Millions of Americans May Soon Face Huge Costs

December 18, 2025

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Obamacare Changed the Politics of Health Care

December 12, 2025

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‘We Are Looking at a Massive Crisis’

Toluse Olorunnipa

December 5, 2025

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Why American Health Care Is Still a Mess

December 3, 2025

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Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake

November 9, 2025

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Trump Is Sleepwalking Into Political Disaster

October 29, 2025

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How Are We Still Fighting About Obamacare?

October 10, 2025

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Dear James: I’m Stuck Caring for a Husband I No Longer Love

September 2, 2025

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The Trump Administration Will Automate Health Inequities

August 29, 2025

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So Much for the ‘Best Health-Care System in the World’

August 8, 2025

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Children’s Health Care Is in Danger

August 7, 2025

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The 48-Hour Fentanyl Clock

August 7, 2025

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Can San Francisco Be Saved?

July 31, 2025

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Medicaid Cuts Will Be a Disaster for ERs

Sophia Spadafore

July 22, 2025

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The Man Who Thinks Medicaid Cuts Won’t Cut Medicaid

July 7, 2025

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The Adriana Smith Case Was an Ethical Disaster

Christine Henneberg

June 24, 2025

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The GOP’s New Medicaid Denialism

June 3, 2025

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When the Status Quo Doesn’t Cut It

May 30, 2025

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The Perilous Spread of the Wellness Craze

May 29, 2025

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America’s Johnson & Johnson Problem

Adam M. Lowenstein

May 21, 2025

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The Cynical Republican Plan to Cut Medicaid

May 14, 2025

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Dr. Oz Is Now the Grown-Up in the Room

March 20, 2025

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Trump Has Created Health-Care Chaos

Kristen V. Brown

January 31, 2025

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What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like

Katherine J. Wu

January 28, 2025

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Thermometers Are Hot Garbage

January 3, 2025

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RFK Jr.’s Testosterone Regimen Is Almost Reasonable

Nicholas Florko

December 12, 2024

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Luigi Mangione’s Commonplace, Deplorable Politics

December 11, 2024

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America Needs to Radically Rethink What It Means to Be Old

January 2025 Issue

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Murder Is an Awful Answer for Health-Care Anger

Nicholas Florko

December 5, 2024

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Health Care Is on the Ballot Again

Ronald Brownstein

October 3, 2024

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‘Nobody Knows What These Bills Are For’

October 2, 2024

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