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Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity…
Late last month, the Trump administration announced that it had cut 760,000 people from the Affordable Care Act rolls, claiming…
In March 2025, when California ran out of Medicaid funds to pay doctors and hospitals, the state borrowed $3.4 billion…
Aimee Carlock needed surgery in August 2025 to treat severe pain and bleeding from her uterus. But first, she needed…
Most hospitals offer financial assistance to patients who struggle to afford their bills, often referred to as charity care. But…
Kristin Martinelli began her workday at 7:30 a.m. on a recent Monday, completing an online Medicaid recertification form for a…
The pitch behind California’s billionaire tax proposal is simple: Tax the richest residents in the nation’s wealthiest state to offset…
The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different: James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker…
When Carol Daniel, a veteran broadcast journalist who lives near St. Louis, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2022, her…
After the third day of squirting an experimental drug up his nose, Dylan Meetze felt horrible. “It was like I…