State of Crisis
Over the last few years, all eyes have been on Texas women’s health, from the controversial defunding of family planning programs to an increase...
Can Freestanding ERs Replace Rural America’s Struggling Hospitals?
This story was produced by Side Effects Public Media. Bram Sable-Smith is reporting this series during a yearlong Reporting Fellowship sponsored by the Association...
Medicare Extenders
When Medicare was created in 1965 through Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, hospitals were faced with a unique problem: patients now had...
A Tale of Two Censuses
On March 26, 2018, only three days before questions were officially submitted for use in the 2020 census, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur...
What Works? A Peek into Vermont’s Model of Maternity Care
In a recent United Health Foundation report, Vermont was named the third healthiest state overall in the country. Since the creation of the report...