House Passes 20-Week Abortion Ban
Championed by Arizona Rep. Trent Franks, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is symbolic.
Kate Pickert
Kate Pickert is a staff writer for TIME. She writes about health care and previously worked for New York magazine. She is a graduate of the University at Buffalo and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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Hospital Price Data—There’s an App for That
Imagine this: You get a hospital bill in the mail and, before paying it, you plug its contents into a smartphone app. Up pops information on whether the prices you’ve been charged are in line with national averages, along with …
A Tax Fight in Pittsburgh and the Future of Non-Profit Hospitals Nationwide
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is now under fire from local labor organizers who want to unionize its workforce, a competing health care system that’s eyeing its customer base and, lately, the mayor of Pittsburgh.
Florida Hospital Takes a Step Toward Price Transparency
Miami’s Mount Sinai Medical Center has pledged to publicly disclose its price contracts with insurers
What’s Wrong with the Violence Against Women Act?
A vocal group of researchers and advocates are questioning whether VAWA’s original intent—to make law enforcement the primary tool to stop domestic violence—was the right approach.
What Andrew Cuomo’s Abortion Proposal Says About Access in 2013
Cuomo’s plan is being cheered by abortion rights activists and panned by anti-abortion groups, including the Catholic Church. But the truth is, Cuomo’s plan is more about symbolism than changing much of anything for women’s …
Obamacare and GOP Governors – Is This a Tipping Point?
Gov. John Kasich’s choice to expand Ohio’s Medicaid program may provide political cover to other Republicans who have vehemently opposed the Affordable Care Act.
Waste or Haste? Electronic Health Record Payments Under Scrutiny
A new critical report from the Inspector General of Health and Human Services shows just how difficult it is for the feds to move fast on spending programs and still look out for taxpayer dollars.
For Republican Governors, Obamacare Exchanges Force an Unenviable Choice
There are countless unknowns still swirling around the Affordable Care Act. Its ultimate price tag is anyone’s guess. Thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision to make the ACA’s Medicaid expansion optional, there’s no way to predict how many uninsured people will gain new coverage. But one of the biggest mysteries shrouding the law …
What Obama’s Re-election Means for Health Care
Hospitals, insurers, drug companies and patients can now expect a more orderly rollout of the Affordable Care Act over the next few years.
The Romney-Ryan Plan for Medicare: What It Means for Seniors
Mitt Romney’s Pre-Existing Conditions
It’s hard to tell what Mitt Romney would do to solve the problem of sick uninsured Americans. Right now, these people often can’t find insurers willing to sell them policies or, if they can, the costs are prohibitive. Under Obama’s Affordable Care Act, insurance companies will be required, beginning in 2014, to sell policies to anyone …
Mitt Romney’s Confusing Health Care Comments
Now that Barack Obama is enthusiastically campaigning on the Affordable Care Act — even proudly referring to it as Obamacare — Mitt Romney is trying to blunt criticism that his plan to scrap health care reform is bad news for …
