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Ransomware Attacks: Bad for Hospitals, Deadly for Patients
Season 1 Episode 239
In 2021, University of Minnesota health economist Hannah Neprash listened to a Tradeoffs story on ransomware in health care and was inspired to study…
2 years, 11 months ago
Ozempic Hype Forces Employer Calls on Obesity Coverage
Season 1 Episode 238
Employers are facing a big dilemma: how do they pay for the new highly effective and popular obesity medications without breaking the bank? This week…
3 years ago
The 12 Million People Lost in a Maze of Medicare and Medicaid
Season 1 Episode 237
Many of America’s poorest and sickest patients are stuck navigating two separate insurance programs — Medicare and Medicaid — to get the care they ne…
3 years ago
Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Can Schools Do?
Season 1 Episode 236
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…
3 years ago
When Research and the Realities of Practicing Medicine Collide
Season 1 Episode 235
This summer, our research reporter Soleil Shah added a new role to his resume: first-year medical resident. Now he spends his days alternating betwee…
3 years ago
Better Care at Lower Costs: The Quest for Health Care’s Holy Grail
Season 1 Episode 234
Nearly two decades ago, Dr. Jeff Brenner hypothesized that nurses and social workers could guide the country's most complicated patients toward bette…
3 years, 1 month ago
Hospice Care’s Midlife Crisis
Season 1 Episode 233
About half of people on Medicare use hospice care before they die, but as the popular benefit turns 40 this year, it is struggling with waste, access…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Push to Bring Medicaid Behind Bars
Season 1 Episode 232
People leaving jail and prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death. This week, why policymakers from deep blue California to soli…
3 years, 1 month ago
States’ Uphill Battle to Stop Runaway Health Care Costs
Season 1 Episode 231
One year of health insurance premiums for a family of four now costs as much as a car. Nine states are trying to lower those costs in an aggressive w…
3 years, 1 month ago
One Doctor’s Crusade to Improve Health Literacy
Season 1 Episode 230
Black Americans report higher levels of mistrust in the health care system than white Americans and suffer worse outcomes in everything from maternal…
3 years, 2 months ago