Next up in THE FINE PRINT global health magazine
HER | HIM
New York Photographers Jordan and Anna Rathkopf documented Anna’s illness. It was a devastating diagnosis, but as photographers they were determined to document every detail of the experience together. How does illness impact a marriage and the trajectory of life? Jordan and Anna open up about it.
DENIAL OF CARE
Bipolar Bear and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Health Insurance (Graphic Mundi, 2022) by Kathleen Founds is her debut graphic novel. In the book, a bear faces the intentionally-confusing complexities of the United States Commercial Health Insurance industry. It’s a tragically-comedic and comedically-tragic illustrated narrative that underscores the cruelty, barbarism, and horror the United States approach to, and model of, healthcare imposes.
HOLD THE DOOR
Judith “Judy” Heumann died in Washington, D.C. on March 4, 2023. She was an internationally recognized Disability Rights Activist and a leader in the historic Section 504 Sit-In of 1977 and instrumental in the development and implementation of other disability rights legislation. Judy's story is featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution and her book, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist. In the wake of her death, I talked to several disabled friends and colleagues about the state of health, healthcare and Public Health in the United States, and how current policies impact their daily lives.
