Posted by Alumni from The Atlantic
March 16, 2026
Any fan of medical dramas would know the scene well. An elderly woman is being wheeled hurriedly into the emergency room; she collapsed, we're told, at her birthday party. She has delayed breathing, her blood pressure is through the roof, and the doctors and nurses are catching one another up, trying to figure out the right course of action. And then the head doctor, someone usually strong of chin, steps in. As expected, he instantly assesses the situation and knows exactly what to do. 'What she needs is a steak,' declared Harry Styles, the host of last night's Saturday Night Live and the Noah Wyle stand-in for a sketch riffing on the HBO hit series The Pitt. 'She needs protein, people,' he added with steely certainty. 'Give me beef tallow and six raw eggs, stat.' 'MAHAspital' was a withering parody of the 'Make America Healthy Again' movement, a fake promo for a TV show aimed at 'people who love The Pitt but can't stand its phony liberal science.' Naturally, it was brought to us by... learn more