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World Professional Association for Transgender Health Is Government’s New Target
WPATH’s advocacy has led to expanded insurance coverage for trans health care -- and now it’s in the crosshairs.
Nonconsensual Drug Testing Has Criminalized Tens of Thousands of Pregnant People
New York can’t squander another chance to protect pregnant people from criminalization.
Can States Mitigate the Damage From Trump’s New Medicaid Work Requirements?
States can hire navigators to help people manage the reporting requirements and remain enrolled in Medicaid.
Israel Has Engineered a Deadly Shortage of Medications and Health Care in Gaza
A Palestinian doctor in Gaza says the territory is facing its worst medication shortage since Israel began the genocide.
A Grassroots Group in Tucson Is 3D-Printing Tourniquets to Send to Lebanon
A small non-hierarchical collective in Arizona is using an open-source design to create life-saving tourniquets.
Universal Health Care Once Seemed on the Horizon in California. What Happened?
Among California’s top five gubernatorial candidates, only one unequivocally supports state-based single-payer.
Absence of the Word “Black” in Black Maternal Health Bills Concerns Advocates
Advocates worry that the changes attempt to avoid anti-DEI attacks at the expense of making legislation less effective.
The US Has Treated Immigrant Doctors as a Safety Net in Moments of Crisis
The US has long seen immigrant physicians as a global reserve labor force instrumentalized in response to crises.
Trump Is Making America Uninsured Again
The GOP is heading into the midterms as the party that made health coverage out of reach for millions of Americans.
Officials Decry Retribution as Vance Defers $1.3B in Medicaid Payments to CA
Vance’s task force meant to root out alleged fraud has so far only focused on states that did not vote for Trump.