A handful of states allow terminally ill patients to take life-ending medications. We talk with journalist Steven Petrow about his sister’s choice to use this option.
Health Law
Posted inHealth Law
5 Ways America’s Courts Could Change Health Care in 2024
Key court decisions in 2024 about prescription drug prices, abortion bans, gender-affirming care and the Affordable Care Act could change the way health care is delivered in America.
Posted inHealth Law
Presenting STAT’s First Opinion: How Two Abortion Providers Grapple with Their Post-Roe Reality
STAT’s First Opinion podcast host Torie Bosch talks with two abortion providers about what it’s like to practice medicine in post-Roe America.
Posted inPublic Health
The Stories That Made an Impact in 2023
In this special episode we reflect on a few of our favorite stories of 2023 and hear how they’re making a difference for patients and policymakers.
Posted inPublic Health
More Hospitals Move to Confront Medical Errors Head On
A growing number of hospitals are adopting programs to discuss and fix medical errors.
Posted inHealth Law
Medical or Recreational? States Debate Where Psychedelics Belong
Amid research on psychedelics to treat mental health conditions, states roll out regulated use.
Posted inCost of Care
How Charitable are Nonprofit Hospitals?
A new Health Affairs study finds that as nonprofit hospitals’ earnings grow, their charity care spending fails to keep pace.
Posted inHealth Law
‘No Place Else To Go’: Inside a Former Abortion Clinic
What happens when an abortion clinic can no longer provide abortions?
Posted inPublic Health
What the PHE Taught Us About Sick Leave, Telemedicine and Public Health Powers
A trio of studies help mark the end of the PHE, and recap some of the health policy lessons learned from this unprecedented period.
Posted inHealth Law
A Closer Look at the Abortion Medication Mifepristone
What is the abortion drug at the center of a new legal maelstrom–and what happens if patients lose access to it?