Healthcare

Nurses' unions in Michigan and New York City are winning contract language that gives them oversight of how AI tools are deployed in their hospitals.

As AI’s presence in the health sector continues to grow, unions representing nurses are fighting to give them a voice in how the technology is implemented.

A new cap on borrowing from federal student loan programs isn’t enough to cover the cost of many P.A. and advanced nursing degrees, advocates say.

On today’s program: why advocacy groups are filing lawsuits against a cap on federal student loans and the rise and fall of sustainable fashion.

Claire Keenan-Kurgan at Interlochen Public Radio chronicles how nurses unions are bargaining over the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace.

A “Marketplace Morning Report” special reporting series on diminishing access to rural health care services, how federal policy is making it more intense, and what can be done about it.

There are about 700 hospitals at risk of closure in rural communities around the U.S. What can be done about it?

Aetna and Cigna are among the insurance companies leaving the marketplace in some states.

In short: Reach out to the care center closest to you ahead of time. That way if you ever come in during an emergency, they’ll already be familiar with you.

The policy is projected to have major implications for rural healthcare in particular. Here’s what we’re hearing from healthcare administrators, and how they can prepare.