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Good Intentions Gone Awry

Why has a little-known program designed to help hospitals and clinics that serve low-income people become so controversial?

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What Research Says About a Post-Roe World

The leader of a landmark abortion study shares what research and her own family experience suggest will happen to people who are denied abortions.

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The Personal and Political Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Michigan

How one woman’s personal experience with an illegal abortion is driving her to keep the procedure legal in Michigan.

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America’s Chronic Drug Shortage Problem

How one hospital is scrambling to deal with a shortage of a critical drug, and the changes needed to fix chronic supply chain issues.

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Answering the Call, Part 2: Struggling to Staff the Nation’s New Crisis Line

In Part 2 of our 988 series, the scramble to staff the new mental health crisis line and the lessons 988 can learn from 911.

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Can More Time on Medicaid Lower Maternal Deaths?

We explore the country’s high rates of pregnancy-related deaths and the potential impact Biden’s push to expand Medicaid coverage for pregnant people may have.

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Fixing the Obamacare ‘Glitch’ That Pushed One Couple to Divorce

The Biden administration is trying to close a gap in the Affordable Care Act that blocks 5 million people from getting affordable health care.

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Presenting Color Code: Dismantling Medical Racism Starts in the Classroom

From STAT’s “Color Code” podcast, a look at the groundswell of antiracism work in medicine and medical education, and the backlash these efforts have faced.

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How One Doctor Is Prepping for a World Without Roe

We talk with a Michigan OB-GYN determined to make sure her hospital is ready if abortion becomes illegal in her state.

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Too Healthy for the Hospital, Too Sick for the Streets

Medical respite — a decades-old way of caring for homeless people — is on the rise.

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