Helen Santoro

Over the past 70 years, the number of inpatient psychiatric beds has dropped dramatically, leaving many without critical care when they experience mental health crises. (Illustration provided by Oona Zenda/KFF Health News)

My wait for a psychiatric bed in Denver highlights this nation’s overburdened system (抖阴ap)

June 29, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

Just before my birthday, a Denver doctor placed me on an involuntary 72-hour mental health hold. What came next wasn鈥檛 treatment but a drawn-out search for a bed, as the...

Ky Hamilton injects estrogen into her thigh weekly to maintain the correct level of the hormone in her system. Because her body no longer produces testosterone, as a transgender woman she would essentially go through menopause without this medication. (Helen Santoro for KHN)

抖阴ap: The pandemic forced my wife to fight our insurer over hormones

October 5, 2021 at 7:14 a.m.

The COVID pandemic has caused millions of people, particularly LGBTQ adults, to lose their jobs and enroll in Medicaid or insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Yet these plans often...

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