Samantha Fields

Some providers in those states have uprooted their families and careers to move to places where they can still practice.

And now, even in states where it is still legal to offer that care to kids, a growing number of hospitals are shutting it down, at least temporarily, over investigations and threats from the Trump administration.

Dr. Johns says everyone she knows who does this work cares deeply about their patients.

Fear about whether their employers will continue to support them, fear of losing their jobs, fear of being targeted by the administration.

But Cash says they're also committed to continuing to support and care for trans kids.

I have goosebumps right now.

It is the most rewarding work she's ever done in more than 20 years in medicine.

Cash says she and Johns have been hearing from lots of providers who are working hard to find ways to keep offering it.

I'm Samantha Fields for Marketplace.

2025 was an unusual year for car makers and car sales, as it was for so many other businesses.

Erin Keating at Cox Automotive says news of impending tariffs early in the year caused lots of people to run out and buy cars to get ahead of potential price increases.

And then things calmed down.

Then, midsummer, there was the news that federal tax credits for buying an electric car would go away in September.

But Kristen Gichek at the Chicago Fed says for all the fear that car prices were about to spike.

Those somewhat normal prices are still much higher than pre-pandemic.

In 2020, the average cost of a new car was just under $40,000.

Now, Garrett Nelson at CFRA Research says it's hit $50,000.

New cars have long been something that higher-income households are more likely to buy, but that has become increasingly true in the last few years.

It's not just the price of cars.

The cost of insurance and car loans have risen, too.