I started reporting on the dearth of reproductive health care. Then I had my own emergency.

Texas Tribune journalist Jayme Lozano Carver experienced a medical emergency this year as she worked on a project on reproductive health care. "My experience showed me a little bit of everything wrong with our health care system, including the high costs and how hard it is to see a doctor," she writes. (Credit: Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune)

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