As coronavirus closes down her café, a small business owner reckons with mounting financial challenges.
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Coronavirus Conversations: Bob Wachter
How one hospital in San Francisco is dealing with difficult choices in the wake of the coronavirus.
Posted inPublic Health
Coronavirus Conversations: The Social Distance Social
Dan joins a group of neighbors for their “social distance” stoop party and hears how they are experiencing this outbreak so far.
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Coronavirus Conversations: Alison Buttenheim
Even public health experts are struggling to make the right decisions on whether to cancel plans in the midst of the coronavirus.
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Medicarried Away? (LIVE)
A look at a universal coverage plan that is very different from the Medicare for All we’ve been hearing about.
Posted inCost of Care
In Short Supply
Shortages of basic medical supplies have become a familiar pattern for hospitals around the U.S. What causes them? And how can we prevent them?
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Primary Concerns
We look at the polls and talk to voters to break down how and why health care is shaping the 2020 election.
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The Price of Innovation
Is it possible to lower drug prices without losing out on breakthrough treatments in the future?
Posted inHealth Equity
‘Hot Spotters’ on Trial
Improving health and lowering costs for the sickest and most expensive patients in America is a dream harder to realize than many health care leaders had hoped.
Posted inHealth Technology
The Sidebar: Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT)
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are often viewed as the “gold standard” of health care research. How do they work and what are their tradeoffs?