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Health insurance

The Social Body

by Hari Kunzru,

After he finished medical school, my father left India, moved to the United Kingdom, and became a surgeon in the National Health Service. He specialized in orthopedics, which made Christmas…

Within Reach

by Nicole Pasulka,

The transgender community fights for health care

DeLisle, Mississippi

by Jesmyn Ward,

When I was six, a pit bull tried to rip out my throat. I was walking down my parents’ oystershell driveway when the dog attacked me, probably because another dog,…

“Don’t Touch My Medicare!”

by Trudy Lieberman,

Is the beloved program on its last legs?

Atlas Aggregated

by Walter Kirn,

No social encounter delights me more than meeting a doctor at a cocktail party. In clinical settings, doctors tend to be guarded and aloof. Catch one with a whiskey in…

Wrong Prescription?

by Trudy Lieberman,

The failed promise of the Affordable Care Act

Fill In the Gap

by Maria Bustillos,

When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the bulk of the Affordable Care Act in June of 2012, the decision was widely viewed as a victory for President Obama and a…

How the Other Half Heals

by Teri Reynolds,

Understanding Obamacare

by Luke Mitchell,

The idea that there is a competitive “private sector” in America is appealing, but generally false. No one hates competition more than the managers of corporations. Competition does not enhance…