Kristian Doyle

Recovering from a stroke often requires ongoing doctor visits, blood pressure checks, medication management, lab tests, and rehabilitation. Yet many survivors face the same problem: after leaving the hospital, the cost of follow-up care can be overwhelming. Health insurance gaps, high deductibles, and transportation barriers often lead people to delay or skip care. For those on limited incomes, or for new residents to the US who aren’t eligible for Medicare, these gaps can have serious...

Recovering from a stroke is often financially overwhelming. Hospital bills, therapy costs, and medications add up quickly, and it is easy to feel lost when insurance coverage is limited or when you have no coverage at all. The good news is that a federal agency called the  Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)  funds nationwide programs designed specifically to help people in situations like this. Whether you need low-cost primary care, affordable prescriptions, or help...

Most people associate stroke with older age, high blood pressure, or long-standing health problems. So when a young, otherwise healthy person experiences one, it can be shocking—for both the patient and their family. Roughly one in ten strokes occur in adults under 50, and the aftermath often brings more questions than answers.   One of the first and most urgent questions is  why  it happened. Doctors call this the  stroke workup , a systematic process to uncover the underlying cause. In...