How the federal government has restricted health care access for transgender Americans, and how those shifts in policy and rhetoric are changing life for one Alabama family.
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‘I Feel Unsafe Almost Everywhere’: How Trump Has Changed Life for One Transgender Teen
A conversation with an 18-year-old and her dad about how anti-trans policies have impacted their lives in 2025.
Posted inHealth Law
How Two Supreme Court Rulings Affect the ACA, Planned Parenthood and the Future of Preventive Care
Health law expert Katie Keith helps us break down what a pair of big court decisions mean for RFK Jr.’s power and for people’s access to abortion, cancer screening and many other kinds of care.
Posted inHealth Law
Obamacare Heads to the Supreme Court … Again
The latest threat to the Affordable Care Act could strike down a popular provision that gives 180 million Americans access to free preventive care for conditions including HIV and cancer.
Posted inHealth Law
Trump Forced Hospitals and Insurers to Reveal Their Prices. What Happened?
President Trump is revisiting one of the signature health policies of his first administration: making health care prices public. It hasn’t gone smoothly. Now Trump is calling for new rules and more public prices to deliver on his goal of a more competitive — less costly — health care market.
Posted inPublic Health
What Could RFK Jr. Do As Head of HHS? We Asked Someone Who’s Done the Job
Former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius shares what the country’s top health official can and can’t do, and what she wants senators to know ahead of RFK’s confirmation hearings.
Posted inHealth Equity
Health Care for Transgender Youth Goes to the Supreme Court
We take a closer look at gender-affirming care and the legal arguments that will influence how accessible that care will be.
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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 inInsurance
What the Election Could Mean for Obamacare
One of the nation’s leading experts on the Affordable Care Act breaks down its track record the stakes the historic law faces in the lead-up to the election.