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Race to the Bottom: Where's the Cavalry?
Season 1 Episode 288
Many potent new medicines pose a host of challenges for drug companies trying to copy and sell similar versions on the cheap. Can those companies fin…
2 years ago
Race to the Bottom: Hard Bargain
Season 1 Episode 287
America pays less, on average, than any other major country for our generic drugs. But selling essential drugs at such low prices comes with hidden c…
2 years ago
Race to the Bottom: Boom Times
Season 1 Episode 286
Generic drugs are, in many ways, the unsung hero of America’s health care system, bringing powerful medical innovations within the reach of millions …
2 years ago
How One Company Gamified Health Insurance
Season 1 Episode 285
One organization turns to a game to get employees to debate and decide together what health care they most value.
Guests:
Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., Direct…
2 years ago
‘She Didn’t Want to Die. But She Didn’t Want to Suffer.’
Season 1 Episode 284
A handful of states allow terminally ill people to take life-ending medications prescribed by a doctor instead of waiting for death. This week, we ta…
2 years, 1 month ago
Presenting: Lost Patients: Churn
Season 1 Episode 283
In The Fifth Branch, Tradeoffs explored new ways to respond to people in a mental health crisis, this week we have look at another area of the mental…
2 years, 1 month ago
What to Expect When Medicare and Pharma Finally Negotiate Drug Prices
Season 1 Episode 282
The Inflation Reduction Act gave Medicare historic new power to directly negotiate the prices of some of the costliest prescription drugs. Now the fe…
2 years, 1 month ago
Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools
Season 1 Episode 281
Companies claim they can catch cancer sooner with new blood tests and full-body MRI scans. What are the risks and benefits?
Guest:
Ishani Ganguli, MD, …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Fifth Branch: The Last Line of Care
Season 1 Episode 280
Alternative response teams are being asked to tackle vexing problems: mental illness, homelessness, addiction. How much can they actually do? We expl…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Fifth Branch: Keeping People Safe
Season 1 Episode 279
How do you keep everyone safe? We look at HEART’s impact on the safety of Durham residents in crisis, the mental health workers responding, and the p…
2 years, 2 months ago