“In sickness and in health”: what no one tells you about caring for a loved one

When she was 28, Laura Mauldin became a full-time caregiver for her romantic partner with leukemia — an experience that exposed how deeply America's health-care system depends on the unpaid labor of loved ones. Now a disability scholar, Mauldin explores this hidden reality in her new book, In Sickness and in Health: Love Stories From the Front Lines of America's Caregiving Crisis . She sat down with Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu to discuss how gaps in the medical system leave families shouldering the burden of care — and how couples navigate that strain while maintaining their sense of partnership and dignity.

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“In sickness and in health”: what no one tells you about caring for a loved one is an episode from Apple News In Conversation.

This episode is 24:01 long.

This episode was published on Feb 19, 2026.

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