Kate Wells
ReporterKate Wells is a Peabody Award-winning journalist currently covering public health. She was a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist for her abortion coverage. Wells previously co-hosted Believed, a nine-part podcast series drawing millions of downloads and numerous awards. She and co-host Lindsey Smith received the prestigious Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
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“There's a pervasive belief out there that if you get low-income people cash, they’ll spend it on drugs and alcohol," the lead author said. "And I think this is one of the most rigorous pieces of evidence to show that that's not necessarily the case.” -
Most were from Ohio, but hundreds were from as far away as Florida, Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee. -
Every pregnant resident can receive $1500 mid-pregnancy as a “cash prescription,” plus another $500 a month for the first year of the baby’s life. Other cities, like Kalamazoo, are now trying to expand the program. -
If Democrats are counting on Michigan women to turn out to vote like they did in 2022, when abortion was on the ballot, they could be disappointed. -
By banning Medicaid coverage for abortions, the state is essentially creating two tiers of abortion access, the complaint argues: one for those who can afford private health insurance (which can cover abortion) and another for those who can’t.
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The procedure was pioneered about a year ago, and could help widen the pool of eligible heart donors for thousands of patients on the waiting list. -
Michigan voters put the right to an abortion in the state Constitution in 2022. Since then, the fight has been over what that right actually means, and which restrictions will remain on the books. -
"We really are seeing this disproportionate dispensing toward females in particular … and it really has implications for their long-term health," one researcher said. -
The doctors unionized after a private equity-owned company took over the ER, they said. Now they've learned that staffing company no longer has a contract with the hospital - and they're not sure if they'll still have jobs. -
Problems caused by the attack included delayed or lost lab results, medication errors, and an absence of routine safety checks to prevent potentially fatal mistakes, doctors and nurses told reporters.
