Before expanding government programs to address the issue of the uninsured, policy makers must take a closer look at the data to identify the real reasons — and provide effective solutions — to reduce the number of uninsured.
How Tinslee’s Story Helped Change Texas’s 10-Day Rule
In 2019, a mother faced a heart-wrenching dilemma. According to the letter she held in her hand, she had to find another hospital willing to treat her infant daughter, Tinslee Lewis, within 10 days—or Tinslee was going to die. This dilemma arose because the intensity of Tinslee’s treatment and unfavorable prognosis from Cook Children’s Medical...