Maria Aspan

The death of the American pharmacy: I wrote about Bartell’s, the beloved Seattle drugstore that’s slowly dying under Rite Aid, and the larger health care crisis across our nation’s pharmacies, large and small. For @FortuneMagazine: fortune.com/2024/06/03/rit…

@LandisWeaver Yes! mariaaspan.bsky.social

@mariaaspan Are you on BlueSky? Just popping over here to unfollow folks. Some of what I saw on John Oliver the other week was the last straw for me.

Cockroaches, owls, and AI: They're all related to the risky business of "private credit," the huge lending business that's become Wall Street's latest source of anxiety npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-…

Free healthcare and fancy cocktails ... it's always fun joining my colleagues @ The Indicator from Planet Money, who this week featured my reporting on how some employers are making health insurance more affordable: npr.org/2026/03/09/nx-…

"When the U.S. government appears to favor a company over rivals, that distorts the marketplace....It's just bad for the economy." Looking back at an eventful year for business, politics, & U.S. capitalism. npr.org/2025/12/22/nx-…

6M+ families are missing SNAP deposits due to delays. Thanks to @mariaaspan & @NPR for covering our work with @GiveDirectly to get $ directly to those who need it most. Every dollar helps==>propel.app/relief npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-…

Had a great time talking Mad Max, hoarding gold, and the very weird economy today on @whyy with @Avi_WA @byKevinMcCorry and @LeBow's Ed Nelling: whyy.org/episodes/econo…

Looking forward to joining @whyy's Studio 2 shortly to discuss the economy, everything going on in the markets, and the recent surge in gold & silver prices.

Trump’s new $100K fee for H-1B visas created panic this weekend for some half a million workers, and their employers. I discussed the fallout for workers, Big Tech companies, and the longstanding bipartisan critics of H-1Bs, w/ @NPRMichel today on NPR’s Morning Edition.

@WATechMillenial @WhiteHouse @RapidResponse47 @PressSec Indeed: npr.org/2025/09/20/nx-…

@mariaaspan FYI The offical @whitehouse position on the new #h1b visa entry feevia both @RapidResponse47 and @PressSec is that it doesn't apply to any of the current 1,200,000 holders nor those in the last lottery who are outside the US. It is next year.

"In general for workers, it's kind of take it or leave it. And they really don't have much of a choice but to take it." npr.org/2025/09/12/nx-…

Workplace open enrollment for health care benefits is going to be so ugly this fall. The costs for employers are soaring ... which means that most of them are going to turn around and hike prices for workers ... some 154 million of whom who get health care through work.

via wsj.com/business/earni…

New favorite dystopian corporate-speak dropped

Listen to my full conversation w/ @NPRinskeep on today’s Up First here: one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId…

Companies don't want to fight with Trump. That may be reshaping the economy npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-…

A close read of the complicated, increasingly conflicted (and maybe Chinese-Communist?) relationship between the president and corporate America, for NPR and All Things Considered

"We are woefully dependent on foreign oil." Olive oil, that is: Trump's tariffs are pressing olive oil producers npr.org/2025/08/05/nx-…

I joined the greats @sarahmccammon and @MaraLiasson for today’s NPR Politics Podcast, on the Fed, tariffs, earnings … and this really weird time in markets. npr.org/2025/07/24/125…

"We've done a lot of winning already — and we do have a lot to lose." npr.org/2025/06/10/nx-…