Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, describes her fight to stop the largest measles outbreak since 2000 despite a chaotic reorganization of federal health agencies.
Dan Gorenstein
Dan is the Founder and Executive Editor of Tradeoffs, setting the vision for the organization’s journalism and strategy. Before Tradeoffs, he was the senior health care reporter at Marketplace and spent 11 years at New Hampshire Public Radio. He got his start in journalism at the Chicago Reporter, an investigative journal that examines race and class disparities in the Chicago area. Dan’s work has earned numerous national awards, including the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi investigative reporting award. He is based in Philadelphia.
Posted inPublic Health
As Trump Targets USAID, What’s at Stake for U.S. and Global Health?
The Trump administration’s swift and sweeping efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is creating chaos across global public health efforts. A doctor working to stop an Ebola outbreak in Uganda reflects on consequences, now and long-term, of America’s abrupt change in policy.
Posted inNews & Announcements
Letter from the Editor: Meeting the Moment
A message from Tradeoffs founder and executive editor Dan Gorenstein.
Posted inHealth Law
Health Policy on the Ballot
Learn more about where President-elect Donald Trump stands on critical health policy issues.
Posted inCost of Care
3 Big Threats to the Cheap, Effective Medicines That Underpin U.S. Health Care
The U.S. has relied on cheap, effective generic drugs for 40 years. Now that promise is under threat.
Posted inMental Health
Why Supporting Caregivers Could Make a Difference in Dementia Care
Patients and their caregivers are often left to navigate the confusing world of dementia by themselves, but Medicare is launching a new program to change that.
Posted inHealth Equity
A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
A group of nurses in East Baltimore is piloting a bold plan to bring basic primary care to everybody no matter their age, income or insurance. Can this idea from abroad take root in the United States?
Posted inCost of Care
How Do You Help Patients Who Show Up in the ER 100 Times a Year?
Health care leaders share what they’ve learned from two decades of trying to keep this group of costly, complicated patients out of the hospital.
Posted inCost of Care
Sen. Bill Cassidy Wrestles with a $500 Billion Health Care Problem
Tradeoffs talks with Sen. Bill Cassidy about a new bipartisan effort to improve care for some of the country’s poorest, sickest patients.
Posted inHealth Equity
Tradeoffs LIVE! Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI
A live conversation between a top federal health official and a health care executive about working together to keep AI from exacerbating racial bias in health care.