The Workaround
Stories of the difficult and sometimes shocking things people do to workaround the American healthcare system.
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People with rare metabolic disorders need medical foods to keep from going hungry, but costs and regulations mean some go without or have to find a… -
Nearly 100,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant in the U.S. Many will never get one but some doctors have found an innovative solution.Music… -
Our prison population has been rapidly aging for years, and the additional care these elderly inmates require is expensive. But some prisons have created… -
Buprenorphine is an FDA-approved medication used to treat opioid addiction, but it can be hard to get. That leaves some people suffering from addiction… -
Children with severe mental illnesses encounter many barriers to treatment. But some parents have discovered a workaround of last resort: they can trade… -
For many people, life goes on after a diabetes diagnosis. But for others, the high price of insulin has forced them to devise dangerous and sometimes… -
These are stories of the difficult and sometimes shocking things people do to work around the American healthcare system.
