Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain. Here's what you need to know.
Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain. Here's what you need to know.
Hospitals have less price transparency and are more likely to drop certain types of lower-margin care, critics say, compared to when they were treated similar to utilities.
Health equity advocates point to massive spending deficits, high CEO salaries, and gaps in regulation as evidence that nonprofit hospitals aren’t living up to their charitable promises.
6,000 doctors urge the Supreme Court to keep abortions in medical emergencies legal. Here's what you need to know about the doctors' letter.
Despite their title, nonprofit hospitals and healthcare systems like Advocate Aurora Health are raking in millions of dollars per year—but data shows these earnings aren’t always being used to prioritize community health and outreach for everyday Wisconsinites.
What’s supposed to be simple health insurance coverage for America’s retirees has ballooned into a complex, debt-inducing array of private “Advantage” plans.
Affordable, comprehensive health care coverage is the most important protection against medical debt. The biggest gaps of coverage remain in states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid. Wisconsin is one of those states.
The rules issued last month establish national minimum staffing requirements for federally-funded nursing homes, enact national appointment wait time standards for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees, and more.
When Milwaukee County hospitals declined an offer to purchase their medical debt at a lower rate, local leaders knew they needed a new way to help their community get healthy. That’s when they started talking about charity care.
