What do you do when you disagree with or can’t afford a medical bill?

Many Americans[1] struggle to[2] pay medical bills, avoid care[3] because of cost worries or forgo other needs[4] due to health care cost burdens.

It can be hard to understand[5] what you’re being charged for on a medical bill. I’m a health policy and economics researcher[6] who studies insurance and out-of-pocket health care expenses, and even I...

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Life coach, wellness coach, business coach, weight loss coach, breakup coach – the list goes on and on. All are different titles for similar jobs, with the same limitation: Anyone can claim to be an expert.

Health “coaching” alone is a US$7.6 billion market[1] in the United States, linked to the wellness and lifestyle medicine industries[2], as well as social media influencer culture. With ongoing shortages of physicians...

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Gus Walz is crying, surrounded by a large crowd.

“That’s my dad. That’s MY DAD!” a visibly emotional Gus Walz exclaimed, with tears in his eyes, at the Democratic National Convention. It is rare to see this kind of wholesome love and admiration, especially in a public setting, from a teenager toward their parent.

For most Americans, this was their first introduction to Gus, the neurodivergent son of Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim...

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