Stories About Health & Well-Being
Restoring trust in public health starts with giving people the facts.
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View MoreAmerica has a health problem—and it’s not just about viruses. Chronic illness is skyrocketing, trust in our medical institutions is at an all-time low, and too many public policies put politics before people.
From the food we eat, to the medicine we’re prescribed, to the policies that dictate our children’s school attendance—our health decisions are shaped by a system riddled with perverse incentives, poor transparency, and one-size-fits-all mandates that treat Americans like subjects, not citizens.
Americans deserve a system that’s transparent, accountable, and focused on helping them live longer and healthier lives. That means rooting out the worst actors, fixing incentives so the right thing is also the smart thing, and giving every family the information they need to make the best choices for themselves.
It’s time to rethink public health—and restore trust by remembering who it’s supposed to serve: the people.
Explore Our Voices
Hear from patients and families fighting to take control of their health by navigating a system that pushes one-size-fits-all mandates, hides the real risks, and too often puts politics before people’s well-being.
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America’s Elders Need Community, Not Bureaucracy
America’s aging population needs more care, but another federal entitlement won’t solve the loneliness…
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Why This Wisconsin Physical Therapist Bucked the Insurance Industry
After losing money in the insurance-based system, physical therapist Amie Rybacki changed to a…
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This Podiatrist Left the Healthcare System to Reclaim Her Freedom and Better Serve Her Patients
After the Affordable Care Act passed in 2013, podiatrist Dr. Grace Torres-Hodges decided to…
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‘I’m Not a Referral Widget’: Why One Doctor Walked Away From Traditional Medicine
Burnout from thousands of patients and impossible workloads pushed this family physician to the…
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After Two Ectopic Pregnancies, IVF Gave This Oklahoma Woman the Family She Thought She Had Lost
After losing both fallopian tubes, Kinsey Drawbaugh spent roughly $50,000 on IVF to have…
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Alabama Supreme Court Leaves Mothers Stranded
Earlier this year, Alabama’s Supreme Court let stand a ruling that birth workers say…
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‘Neighbors Feeding Neighbors’: Vegan Turned Regenerative Cattle Farmer Shares What the MAHA Movement Is Doing Right, and Wrong, to Heal a Sick America
Regenerative farmer and former vegan restaurateur Mollie Engelhart says MAHA has brought attention to…
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‘I’m Here With You’: How One Daughter Is Changing What Elder Care Looks Like
After leaving her career to care for her ailing mother at home, Joni Stevens…
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Her Parents Prepared for Old Age, But The System Still Left Them Struggling
Linda Fisher thought long-term care insurance would protect her family as her 99-year-old mother…
Your Voices
“I just need someone to make sure I’m still alive…”
“There are some people who are thinking and working outside the box…”
“Direct care basically is me working directly with you, my patient…”
“I believe I’m helping to restore the reputation of physicians…”
“Infertility is nothing to be embarrassed about, and as a woman, it does not make you less of a woman…”
“We’re currently in a full-on agrarian collapse…”
“I didn’t look at it as though it would be a sacrifice…”
“There are many, many people like me who are doing this for a family member…”
“I really didn’t want anyone to be how I was: in the dark…”
“My big concern is all of those people out there who have nobody—nobody to help them…”
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