Love Letter: Three Dealbreakers

After Sherilyn Siy’s third quasi date with a man named Charles, she wrote him an email. In it, she outlined three reasons her parents would never approve of him: “You are not Chinese. You are 16 years older than me. You have a daughter out of wedlock.” Despite these three apparent dealbreakers, Ms. Siy found…

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A Rural Hospital’s Excruciating Choice: $3.2 Million a Year or Inpatient Care?

During Covid surges, Dr. Katie Camarata, the physician who cared for Ms. Wenrich, stayed up overnight with critically ill patients, calling hospital systems in surrounding states. All seven refused the transfers. Eventually, the Cascade staff created their own negative-pressure rooms so it could keep highly infectious patients in-house without infecting others. Providing inpatient care “comes…

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