Using Rankings to Your Advantage with Ben Harder and Liz Pearce

<p>How do you choose a hospital or senior living community when everything feels impossibly high-stakes? Vanessa talks with two U.S. News &amp; World Report journalists — Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis, and Liz Pearce, director of senior living — about what those rankings really measure, and what they can’t.</p><p><br />See their rankings for <a href="https://www.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings/rehabilitation" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation</a>, <a href="https://health.usnews.com/best-nursing-homes" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Best Nursing Homes</a>, <a href="https://health.usnews.com/best-senior-living/search" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Best Senior Living</a>, and — their newest report — <a href="https://health.usnews.com/home-care" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Best Home Health</a>. Also check out our episode with <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5r5jBgF7Hv2PIeXQLAmmZZ?si=abd1c3ca4a1e4626" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Amara Walker</a>.</p>