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The Hunt for Lasting Fixes to America’s Medical Debt Crisis
Season 1 Episode 268
A major new study throws cold water on a popular approach to relieving medical debt, but leading experts say the research also reveals a promising pa…
2 years, 4 months ago
Patients Push to Shape the Future of AI
Season 1 Episode 267
One advocate’s vision for the crucial role patients must play in the future of health care AI.
Andrea Downing, President and Co-Founder, The Light Col…
2 years, 5 months ago
How Do You Help Patients Who Show Up in the ER 100 Times a Year?
Season 1 Episode 266
Some patients’ lives are so complicated by trauma, poverty and other social problems that routine conditions like diabetes and asthma regularly turn …
2 years, 5 months ago
An Insurance Company Bought This Doctor’s Practice. She’s Worried About Her Patients
Season 1 Episode 265
One doctor debates whether to work for the nation's largest insurance company after it purchased the independent practice she worked for in Oregon.
G…
2 years, 5 months ago
92,000 Transgender People Took This Survey. Here’s What We Learned
Season 1 Episode 264
As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.
Guest:
Sandy E. J…
2 years, 5 months ago
Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Can Schools Do?
Season 1 Episode 263
Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and Lati…
2 years, 5 months ago
Surprise! Plans To Resolve High Medical Bills Are Still a Mess
Season 1 Episode 262
Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting about the prices.
Guest:
Benjamin Chartock, PhD, As…
2 years, 6 months ago
One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities
Season 1 Episode 261
As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospital…
2 years, 6 months ago
Can Washington Make Medicare and Medicaid Work Better Together?
Season 1 Episode 260
A bipartisan bill takes aim at a $500 billion health care problem that few people have ever heard of. Will it make care better for some of the countr…
2 years, 6 months ago
How Patient Privacy Could Hurt AI
Season 1 Episode 259
There are a lot of concerns about the dangers artificial intelligence could pose to your health privacy. AI expert Nicholson Price explains why he th…
2 years, 6 months ago