Health Care Long wait times for appointments at your doctor? You can now become a 'member' There's a critical shortage of primary care doctors across the country, and long wait times for appointments. In response, there are 12,000 "concierge" medical practices now operating in the U.S. that charge patients membership fees. But is this trend worsening the ongoing shortage of primary care doctors for everyone else? Karen Brown Play AudioListen 4 mins
Health Care 'An Arm and a Leg" podcast explores the cost of health care in the U.S. Mallory Yu Play AudioListen 8 mins
Health Care Production of cheaper alternatives to name brand obesity drugs will stop on Wednesday Large-scale compounding facilities have to stop making tirzepatide, the main ingredient in blockbuster obesity drug Zepbound, Wednesday. Sydney Lupkin Play AudioListen 4 mins
Health Care Tips to lower your medical bill Just because a medical bill arrives in the mail doesn't mean you have to pay that exact price. NPR's Life Kit has tips to eliminate, reduce or negotiate a medical bill. Marielle Segarra Play AudioListen 4 mins
Health Care As the VA plans more cuts, mental health care workers already feeling the impacts Officials at the VA say they plan to cut tens of thousands more jobs. Providers there say cutting any jobs will compromise health care. Mental health workers say they're already feeling these impacts. Katia Riddle Play AudioListen 4 mins
Health Care Missouri faces the prospect of Medicaid cuts The prospect of Medicaid cuts by Congress are sending a chill through Republican and Democratic-led states, where millions of people could lose medical coverage or states might have to cut other services. Jason Rosenbaum Scott Detrow Play AudioListen 4 mins
Health Care Funding cuts may undermine efforts to connect rural patients and specialists remotely One rural Iowa hospital is trying to remotely connect its patients with more specialists from around the state. But cuts to federal funds might disrupt efforts like that. Yuki Noguchi Play AudioListen 4 mins
Health Fearing deportation, immigrants are missing appointments at Seattle-area clinics Providers at Seattle area-clinics that serve immigrant communities say that ever since President Trump returned to office, many more patients than usual have been missing appointments. Eilís O'Neill
Health Care DOGE sets its sights on Medicare and Medicaid The Department of Government Efficiency, has focused in on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. What could DOGE's efforts mean to the tens of millions of Americans who rely on them? Courtney Dorning Ari Shapiro Elena Burnett Play AudioListen 9 mins
Health Care A website sold patients obesity drugs at affordable rates. Now they're paying the price Patients who bought stockpiles of alternative GLP-1 drugs online aren't sure what to do with them after learning that the compounding pharmacy that made them didn't have the right license. Sydney Lupkin Play AudioListen 5 mins
