This episode's title refers to the funding and treatment gap between two chronic diseases that share surprising biological similarities. Chloe uses a thematic analysis of posts from disease-specific Reddit communities to compare how patients with sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis describe their experiences with healthcare providers. What she finds is not just a difference in outcomes, but a difference in the nature of the barriers each group faces, one rooted in logistics, the other in something far more personal.

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