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Black Woman Forced to Give Birth in Car After Hospital Ignored Her Pain
Danielle Han, Jezebel
Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois introduced a new bill this week to improve maternal health after the video of Mercedes Wells went viral.
Nov 25, 2025, 3:45 PM
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Joanne Kenen, NPR
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
Nov 25, 2025, 10:00 AM
Trump's ACA reforms could be worse than losing subsidies: Analyst
Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Entertainment
President Trump is reportedly considering extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, conditional on significant reforms. Raymond James managing...
Nov 24, 2025, 10:13 PM
Trump expected to propose Obamacare subsidy extension, report says
By Jarrett Renshaw, Yahoo Entertainment
(Reuters) -The White House is preparing to unveil a health-policy framework that would extend Affordable Care Act insurance premium subsidies for two years,...
Nov 24, 2025, 8:14 PM
Exclusive-Americans waiting for Obamacare subsidies delay or drop health insurance
By Amina Niasse, Yahoo Entertainment
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) -Officials from several U.S. states say Americans relying on subsidies to afford Obamacare health insurance are holding...
Nov 24, 2025, 7:25 PM
The Hardest Job in San Francisco
Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic
“You spent six months to get somebody to take a medication. Was that really worthwhile?”
Nov 24, 2025, 12:50 PM
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Yuki Noguchi, NPR
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
Nov 24, 2025, 10:00 AM
Health care costs are skyrocketing. Americans are starting to panic
Nicole Karlis, Salon
With ACA subsidies set to expire next month, medical costs could get even worse
Nov 22, 2025, 11:30 AM
Hiltzik: The Trump administration's math on economic policy doesn't add up
Michael Hiltzik, Yahoo Entertainment
On inflation, healthcare, mortgages and much more, the Trump administration offers bogus math.
Nov 18, 2025, 11:00 AM
How 'defund Planned Parenthood' came to threaten primary care in rural Maine
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR
Abortion is supported by 3 out of 4 Mainers, but a popular network of clinics that provides it alongside primary care has been shut out of Medicaid by the Trump administration, which also targeted Planned Parenthood.
Nov 18, 2025, 10:00 AM
How Trump’s plan to transform Obamacare would affect millions of Americans
Nick Moyle, nj.com
The proposal would redirect funds from insurance companies to individuals for purchasing their own healthcare coverage as Senate prepares for December vote.
Nov 17, 2025, 4:58 PM
Why are biologic drugs expensive? Will Trump’s plans make them cheaper?
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
FDA aims to speed biosimilar approvals to increase competition, but experts warn drug prices may not drop quickly.
Nov 16, 2025, 12:37 PM
Flipping Britain’s Postwar Script
Ferdinand Mount, The New York Review of Books
Understanding Britain’s postwar reforms like the National Health Service requires peering into the ‘lost world’ of wartime conservatism.
Nov 13, 2025, 1:00 PM
What new Epstein emails say. And, ACA subsidies in limbo
Brittney Melton, NPR
Details on the newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein. And, the government shutdown has ended, but health insurance subsidies remain in limbo, with a vote on the matter expected next month.
Nov 13, 2025, 11:58 AM
SNAP funding pause to soon end, but anxiety and anger may linger
Jennifer Ludden, NPR
The first ever disruption to the nation's largest anti-hunger program came as a shock. It's shaken trust in the program for some and stoked concern that it could happen again.
Nov 13, 2025, 10:00 AM
Can Trump dole out $2,000 tariff dividends, direct healthcare payments?
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Trump floats the idea of tariff dividends, direct healthcare payments and extending mortgages up to 50 years.
Nov 13, 2025, 8:22 AM
House to vote on bill to end US shutdown: Why Democrats are opposing it?
Edna Mohamed, Al Jazeera English
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has called for a three-year extension of subsidies to the Affordable Care Act.
Nov 12, 2025, 3:00 PM
Immigrants with obesity, diabetes and other health problems may be denied visas
Amanda Seitz, NPR
New guidance from the Trump administration directs visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigrants seek to enter the U.S.
Nov 12, 2025, 2:46 PM
Supreme Court extends stay of order requiring payment of full November SNAP benefits
Devin Dwyer, Peter Charalambous, ABC News
The Supreme Court has extended Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's stay of a lower court order that the administration complete payment of full SNAP benefits for November.
Nov 11, 2025, 11:32 PM
Trump’s shutdown win just landed Republicans with a huge political headache
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN, CNN
Trump and Republicans now own the issue of health care, with millions of citizens afflicted by rising premiums and high deductibles amid a wider cost-of...
Nov 11, 2025, 5:04 AM
Chuck Schumer Doesn’t Know What Time It Is
Mike Brock, Techdirt
After forty days. Forty days of the longest government shutdown in American history. Forty days of Democrats saying this is the line—healthcare for twenty-two million Americans. Forty days of holding firm while Republicans bet Democrats would break first. Chu…
Nov 10, 2025, 11:19 PM
Gov. Healey gives update on SNAP benefits as Trump renews appeal to keep funds frozen
Boston25NewsStaff,Associated Press, Yahoo Entertainment
The Trump administration is also expected to ask the Supreme Court justices to step in again.
Nov 10, 2025, 6:06 PM
Student-loan forgiveness is back on — but a tax change could be a 'financial disaster' for some borrowers
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling on the IRS to prevent student-loan borrowers from facing a "tax bomb" on debt relief beginning next year.
Nov 10, 2025, 12:05 PM
Trump administration wants U.S. states to 'undo' full payouts of SNAP food benefits
CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is demanding states "undo" full SNAP food benefits paid out under judges' orders over the past week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings, marking the latest swing in a seesawing legal battle ov…
Nov 9, 2025, 7:36 PM