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The Hurdles Facing Black Families Navigating Serious Illness
Season 1 Episode 219
Black Americans are at higher risk for many serious illnesses like dementia and kidney failure. But data show they are less likely to have their pain…
3 years, 4 months ago
The ‘Reverse Disparity’ in Psychosis Care
Season 1 Episode 218
Every year, 100,000 Americans — mostly teens and young adults — experience their first psychotic episode. Research shows getting specialized, holisti…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Wonky Policy That’s Got Hospitals on High Alert
Season 1 Episode 217
Medicare could soon pay hospitals much less for common outpatient services like x-rays and checkups.
This week, we explain an old policy gathering new…
3 years, 4 months ago
How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care
Season 1 Episode 216
Just like the rest of us, when clinicians are short on time and overwhelmed by complex decisions, their brains look for corners to cut, numbers to ro…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Drugs Changing How We Treat Obesity
Season 1 Episode 215
A new class of drugs can help people lose up to one-fifth of their body weight and manage serious health conditions associated with obesity. But they…
3 years, 5 months ago
Hospice Care’s Midlife Crisis
Season 1 Episode 214
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, 5 months ago
The Latest Threat to the Affordable Care Act
Season 1 Episode 213
The Affordable Care Act faces yet another in a long string of legal challenges. Last Thursday's ruling, by a conservative federal judge who has targe…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Treacherous Transition Awaiting Millions Losing Their Medicaid
Season 1 Episode 212
We dig into three research papers to make sense of what will happen to 15 million people set to lose their Medicaid over the next year.
Guests:
Sayeh N…
3 years, 6 months ago
When Home Becomes a Hospital
Season 1 Episode 211
The pandemic pushed Medicare to start paying for “hospital-at-home” care for the first time, launching the largest test ever of home-based hospital c…
3 years, 6 months ago
‘A Shocking Amount of Misery’: Medical Debt in America
Season 1 Episode 210
Even though more Americans than ever have health insurance, medical debt is a pervasive problem in the United States.
Guests:
Noam Levey, Senior Corre…
3 years, 6 months ago