The Institute for Sexual Research, founded in 1919, pioneered modern gender-affirming health care. NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with medical historian Brandy Schillace on this piece of queer history.
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They could lose the house — to Medicaid
Depending on where they lived, demands for repayment can drain the assets that a patient on Medicaid leaves behind after they die. Iowa aggressively collects “clawback” funds.
Pandemic food assistance that held back hunger comes to an end
Millions of people who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP will see a cut of $90 a month or more. Some recipients say it will make it harder to buy healthy food.
To safeguard healthy twin, she had to ‘escape’ Texas for abortion procedure
When Lauren Miller found out one of her twins had a fatal condition, she discovered her doctors in Texas would only say: You need to leave the state. She went to Colorado for a selective reduction.
A surprise-billing law loophole? Her pregnancy led to a six-figure hospital bill
Billing experts and lawmakers are playing catch-up as providers get around new consumer protections, leaving patients like Danielle Laskey of Washington state with big bills for emergency care.
Idaho dropped thousands from Medicaid early in the pandemic. Which state’s next?
The federal agency that oversees Medicaid suggested Idaho wasn’t trying hard enough to reach beneficiaries before letting their coverage lapse. Consumer advocates fear that could happen again.
This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures
The Fairness Project has won campaigns to raise the minimum wage and expand Medicaid in nine states dominated by Republicans. Next is abortion. But there’s growing pushback from state lawmakers.
Red and blue states look to Medicaid to improve the health of people leaving prison
People leaving jail or prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death, and policymakers from deep blue California to solidly red Utah think bringing Medicaid behind bars could help.
Fixing the health care worker shortage may be something Congress can agree on
The U.S. faces a shortfall of about 450,000 nurses and 120,000 doctors in the coming years. The Senate’s top health committee, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, is considering bipartisan solutions.
An ER doc reflects on life, death and uncertainty in the early days of COVID-19
Dr. Farzon Nahvi spent the first few months of the pandemic as an emergency room physician in Manhattan. He talks about trying to improvise treatments during that time. His new book is Code Gray.
