Mental Health Workers Say Algorithmic Triage Is Hurting Patients
Workers and policymakers are pushing for safeguards around AI’s use in health care through collective bargaining and legislation.
Health Care Reform Needs More Than Universal Coverage
Medicare for All without tackling the extreme consolidation in health care would just funnel money to corporate behemoths, a new…
VA Inspector General Confirms Prospect Reporting on Radiologist Shortage
Now the agency must rely on private contractors, who are much more expensive.
Here Are the States Deciding Whether You Can Get an Abortion
This fall, several states will vote to enshrine abortion access, while one asks voters to weigh in on the issue…
Congress Face-Plants on Surprise Health Care Bills
Lawmakers wanted to reform surprise billing so patients weren’t hit with unexpected charges. But they also created a parallel system…
Judy Heumann: Tenacious Symbol
The disability rights activist carried forward the demands of those who didn’t get to live to see the movement’s triumphs.
Dorothy Day: Saint Radical
The incredible life and times of the Catholic who served the poor and gave hell to everyone else
Trump to HIV and Cancer Patients: Get Back to Work
People with serious medical issues will have to jump through undefined bureaucratic hoops to “prove” they cannot work 80 hours…
A VA Medical Center Meltdown
Persistent maintenance and staffing issues at a D.C.-based center reveal bigger problems with the VA health system.
The Big Beautiful Bill’s Market-Based Health Care Delusion
The Rural Health Transformation Program is not simply a grant program. It is leverage.