Nothing sweeps us off our feet like a health policy valentine. Readers showed their love this season, writing poetic lines about surprise medical bills, bird flu, the cost of health care, and more.
Here are some of our favorites, starting with the grand prize winner, whose entry was turned into a cartoon by staff illustrator Oona Zenda.
1st Place
Runner-Up
What to make for my valentine?
Maybe a cake on which we can dine!
But raw milk and flu-ish eggs won’t do.
Perhaps some fluoridated water in lieu?
– Holly Ainsworth
Other Newsroom Favorites
Measles are red.
Chickenpox is too.
Let’s stick with vaccines
And fight covid and flu.
– Arielle Levin Becker
The donut hole is closed, my dear;
Our Part D costs are capped.
Let’s hope our love survives alongside
The Inflation Reduction Act.
– Brandy Bauer
My love for you is like health care as a percentage of GDP. It grows larger every year.
– David Schleifer
