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

Feb 21, 2026 24 min

About this episode

From <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/apple-news-in-conversation/id1577591053?i=1000750560693">Apple News In Conversation</a>: 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, <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/in-sickness-and-in-health/id6745818018" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In Sickness and in Health: Love Stories From the Front Lines of America’s Caregiving Crisis</a>. 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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