Appalachia’s Hospital Closures Are a Slow-Motion Health Care Emergency
Co-published with The Nation. Unless there are drastic changes to how we apportion health care in this country, the future of rural care will be either …
My Year Without Health Insurance
Co-published with The American Prospect. Christian health shares market themselves as a cheaper alternative, but have no obligation to actually pay health care bills. Life under them …
The Feds Are About to Stick It to Pain Patients in a Big Way
Co-published with VICE. Doctors are already getting spooked out of prescribing painkillers, and new rules could make life in some of America's struggling communities even worse.
Faith and its Limits
Co-Published with the Virginia Quarterly Review. If faith fosters separateness, how do you navigate healthcare for your children? A #VQRTrueStory essay.
Inequality Has Gotten So Bad That We’re Offshoring Our Grandparents
Co-published with The Nation. Americans can’t afford to retire in the United States, so many are moving south of the border, trading one form of inequity for …
When Doctors Took ‘Family Planning’ Into Their Own Hands
Co-published with The New York Times Magazine. In 1975, 10 women filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that a Los Angeles medical center was systematically sterilizing Spanish-speaking mothers.
The Twisted Plasma Business
Co-published with The Atlantic. Darryl Lorenzo Wellington reports on the multi-billion dollar plasma donation industry, including his own experience “plassing” for cash.
Elder Care Faces a Foreclosure Crisis
Co-published with Huffington Post. In a California county, one in four residential care homes for the elderly has been in foreclosure since 2008.