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Iowa Doesn’t Have Enough OB-GYNs. The State’s Abortion Ban Might Be Making It Worse.

Abortion bans like Iowa’s have put OB-GYNs under increasing strain and surveillance, complicating the standard medical treatments for miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, premature membrane rupture, and other pregnancy problems. As many rural areas face worsening maternity care deserts, some physicians fear these laws could drive much-needed doctors out of state and dissuade others from moving in and establishing a practice.

By Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio

Jan. 5, 2026

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The Body Shops

Advertisements Promising Patients a ‘Dream Body’ With Minimal Risk Get Little Scrutiny

While federal officials say they are cracking down on misleading drug ads, cosmetic surgery remains a “buyer beware” market.

By Fred Schulte

Dec. 31, 2025

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The Body Shops

After Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery, They Wound Up in the Hospital or Alone at a Recovery House

Some patients who had liposuction or other surgeries later required emergency hospital care — and some died, court records show.

By Fred Schulte

Dec. 23, 2025

BILL OF THE MONTH

Medical Bills Can Be Vexing and Perplexing. Here’s This Year’s Best Advice for Patients.

As the crowdsourced investigative series from 51��Ƶ Health News approaches its eighth anniversary, “Bill of the Month” offers its top takeaways of 2025 to help patients manage, decipher, and even fight their medical bills.

By Emmarie Huetteman

Dec. 23, 2025

The Week in Brief

State Exchange Directors Seeing Consumers’ Fears — In Real Time — About Obamacare Premium Hikes

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By Julie Appleby

Dec. 19, 2025

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Bill of the Month

Scorpion Peppers Caused Him ‘Crippling’ Pain. Two Years Later, the ER Bill Stung Him Again.

Homemade hot sauce sent a Colorado man to the emergency room with what he called “the worst pain of my life.” But stomach cramps were only the beginning. Two years later, the bill came.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal

Dec. 19, 2025

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Broken Rehab

Judge in Nursing Home Bankruptcy Case Gives Families Fresh Hope of Compensation for Injuries, Deaths

Genesis HealthCare’s controlling investor, Joel Landau, had sought to rebuy the nursing homes while gaining protection from settlement payments over allegations of poor care. A judge rejected the proposal and ordered a new auction. A 51��Ƶ Health News investigation found Genesis settled hundreds of lawsuits but didn’t pay them out fully.

By Jordan Rau

Dec. 19, 2025

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Oregon Hospital Races To Build a Tsunami Shelter as FEMA Fights To Cut Its Funding

Columbia Memorial Hospital near Oregon’s coastline planned to add a tsunami shelter, counting on a FEMA grant. After the Trump administration cut the funding, hospital officials are building anyway, saying waiting is too risky. A judge ruled Dec. 11 that the administration unlawfully ended the program without congressional approval.

By Hannah Norman and Daniel Chang

Dec. 17, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Readers Make Their Wish Lists, Checking Up on Health Care

51��Ƶ Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Dec. 16, 2025

An Arm and a Leg

How To Pick Health Insurance — In the Worst Year Ever

Season 14, Episode 5

Dec. 15, 2025

As millions face skyrocketing health insurance premiums, the “An Arm and a Leg” team navigates their own limited options.

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The Week in Brief

Rural Health Providers Hit by $100K Trump Visa Fee

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By Arielle Zionts

Dec. 12, 2025

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Plan-Switching, Sign-Up Impersonations: Obamacare Enrollment Fraud Persists

Investigators from the Government Accountability Office were able to register nearly 20 fake ACA enrollments in a probe of healthcare.gov. The federal government paid subsidies to insurers for some of the fake customers.

By Julie Appleby

Dec. 10, 2025

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Broken Rehab

How Delays and Bankruptcy Let a Nursing Home Chain Avoid Paying Settlements for Injuries and Deaths

Genesis HealthCare’s bankruptcy case in Dallas will allow the nursing home chain to avoid paying millions of dollars it promised for residents who were injured or died while in its care. Families say bankruptcy nullifies one of the main ways to hold nursing home owners accountable for poor care.

By Jordan Rau

Dec. 9, 2025

Watch: What Do Republicans Really Want on Health Care?

On “What the Health? From 51��Ƶ Health News,” distributed by WAMU, chief Washington correspondent and podcast host Julie Rovner sat down with Avik Roy, a GOP health policy adviser, to talk about how health care has evolved as a Republican Party issue.

By Julie Rovner

Dec. 8, 2025

A North Carolina Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Mired in Bureaucracy, It’s Still a Dirt Field.

Regulations meant to prevent unfettered health care expansion are withholding needed hospital beds in a rural part of North Carolina. Here, as in communities around the country, some officials and health care providers are contesting such “certificate of need” laws.

By Andrew Jones

Dec. 8, 2025

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In RFK Jr.’s Upside-Down World of Vaccines, Panel Votes To End Hepatitis B Shot at Birth

A session of a vaccine panel dominated by skeptics was chaotically at odds with past practices of the CDC, which HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has described as a “cesspool of corruption.” His crew voted to end a 34-year recommendation to vaccinate newborns against hepatitis B.

By Arthur Allen

Dec. 5, 2025

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Health Savings Accounts, Backed by GOP, Cover Fancy Saunas but Not Insurance Premiums

Health savings accounts can be used to cover medical expenses, tax-free. But while wealthier Americans are using them to pay for gym equipment, cedar ice baths, and hemlock saunas, poorer Americans can’t use them to pay their skyrocketing health insurance premiums.

By Amanda Seitz

Dec. 5, 2025

What the Health? From 51��Ƶ Health News

The GOP Still Can’t Agree on a Health Plan

Episode 425

Dec. 4, 2025

Senate Democrats were promised a vote by mid-December on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Republicans still can’t decide whether they want to put forward their own alternative or what that might include. Meanwhile, the CDC and FDA are roiled by debates over vaccines. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join 51��Ƶ Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also, Rovner interviews 51��Ƶ Health News’ Aneri Pattani about her project tracking opioid settlement payments.

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Under Kennedy, America’s Health Department Is in the Business of Promoting Kennedy

Under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services increasingly uses its social media channels to promote Kennedy himself and his agenda. Interviews with over 20 former and current employees provide a look inside an agency where personality and politics steer communications with the public.

By Darius Tahir

Dec. 4, 2025

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BROKEN REHAB

They Need a Ventilator To Stay Alive. Getting One Can Be a Nightmare.

Few nursing homes are set up to care for people needing help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS or other infirmities. Insurers often resist paying for ventilators at home, and innovative programs are now endangered by Medicaid cuts.

By Jordan Rau

Dec. 2, 2025

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