long-term care

Public Health

Workers are fleeing long-term care. Could better career opportunities help?

Dan Gorenstein

There’s a severe shortage of people to care for older Americans in their homes and nursing facilities, and things are only expected to get worse. Could providing long-term care workers with new career pathways be part of the solution?
Policy & Politics

Medicaid Turns 50: What’s Next For The Nation’s Health Safety Net?

Congress established Medicaid fifty years ago today as a health insurance program for the poor, with the intention that the program would provide care…

Sick Season 2

Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.

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