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Medicare’s Prescription Drug Plan Makeover
Season 1 Episode 189
An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.
Guests
Therese …
3 years, 11 months ago
Turning Long-Term Care Into a Long-Term Career
Season 1 Episode 188
There’s a severe shortage of people to care for older Americans in their homes and nursing facilities. And it’s only expected to get worse. Could pro…
3 years, 11 months ago
The ‘Wild West’ of Health Workforce Policy
Season 1 Episode 187
Early in the pandemic, state officials unleashed a flood of emergency orders relaxing the rules that limit the care each health profession can provid…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Next Chapter in Democratizing America’s Health Data
Season 1 Episode 186
Starting Oct. 6, providers must begin giving patients electronic access to more of their health care data than ever before. But the federal regulatio…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Push to End Cancer Screening Purgatory
Season 1 Episode 185
Initial screenings for breast, lung and cervical cancer are free, but expensive secondary tests can leave patients in screening purgatory.
Guests:
Mar…
4 years ago
California Bets Big on Housing in Medicaid
Season 1 Episode 184
California is in the early days of one of the most ambitious initiatives ever to address Medicaid patients’ social needs in hopes of improving their …
4 years ago
Presenting The Nocturnists: Hello Shame
Season 1 Episode 183
This week, we’re sharing the first episode of a new 10-part series from The Nocturnists podcast, called “Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest.”
What is…
4 years ago
The Race to Prepare for Medicare’s New Drug Pricing Powers
Season 1 Episode 182
The Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers to control prescription drug prices. We go inside the government’s race to implement t…
4 years ago
Fixing the Obamacare 'Glitch' That Pushed One Couple to Divorce
Season 1 Episode 181
The Biden administration is trying to close a gap in the Affordable Care Act that blocks 5 million people from getting affordable health care.
Guests:…
4 years, 1 month ago
Too Healthy for the Hospital, Too Sick for the Streets
Season 1 Episode 180
Why are a growing number of private insurance companies starting to invest in medical respite — a decades-old idea to care for homeless people who ar…
4 years, 1 month ago