Nothing melts our hearts like a health policy valentine. Readers made us swoon this season, writing poetic lines about prescription drug pricing, medical debt, primary care shortages, and more.听
Here are some of our favorites, starting with the grand prize winner and first runner-up, whose entries were each turned into a cartoon by staff illustrator Oona Tempest.听
1st Place
Darling, this Valentine’s Day,let’s grab our passportsand fly away to someplace,where the same drugs cost a fractionof what they do in the States.
鈥 Jennifer Reck听
Runner-Up听
I saw the doctor for a check,I had a lump in my right breast.Two weeks for the answer.It wasn’t cancer.So instead of death, I’m in debt.鈥 Sunshine Moore Anger
Other Newsroom Favorites听
I was lost in the sadness听and shock of you leaving,听Tore my eyes away听from my Morning Briefing听How could you leave us,听Why would you stray?听When you are loved so dearly by the ACA?听But I realized too late,听’Twas not to be,听My primary care no longer loved me听
– Zac Aulson听
Parental love is beautiful听And guess what makes it stronger听A paid parental leave policy听To stay with baby longer听
– Andrea Ferguson听
The paperwork flirts with my affections,听A dance of denials, full of rejections.听My heart yearns for you, my sweet medication, but insurance insists on prior authorization.听
– Sally Nix听
My love for you, darling, is blinding听Like a clinical trial pre-findings听But I fear we shall part听And I’ll lose my heart听Because of Medicaid unwinding!听
– Kara Gavin听
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