Healthcare Is Scary. Channel Your Fears Into a Haiku.

(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) Something wicked this way comes, and it’s 5-7-5. Our annual Halloween haiku contest is back, and we’re once again summoning readers to turn the horrors of healthcare into three tiny lines of poetry. Surprise us with a verse about medical bills, insurance, hospitals, health policy, or whatever else keeps you up at night. Whether you’re inspired by a botched surgery, a ghastly charge, or insurance-induced existential dread, we want to read about it. Our newsroom’s panel of judges will choose their favorites, which we’ll share on our social channels. Winning haikus will be announced on Friday, Oct. 30. Rules: Submit your haiku to https://kffhealthnews.org/contact-haiku/, along with the link to the related KFF Health News article. “Like” KFF Health News on Facebook, and follow @KFFHealthNews on X, @kffhealthnews.org on Bluesky, and @kffhealthnews on Instagram. (Optional) Include your X, Bluesky, or Instagram handle in the submission and let us know if it’s OK to give you a shoutout on social media. Submit your haiku by the witching hour, 11:59 p.m. ET, on Monday, Oct. 19. To win, the haiku should meet the following criteria: 🎃 Follow the format of a haiku (...