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What Research Says About a Post-Roe World
Season 1 Episode 169
The leader of a landmark abortion study shares what research and her own family experience suggest will happen to people who are denied abortions in …
4 years, 3 months ago
The Personal and Political Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Michigan
Season 1 Episode 168
A personal and political fight to keep abortion legal in Michigan is in full swing. Michigan is one of more than 20 states poised to ban abortion if …
4 years, 3 months ago
America’s Chronic Drug Shortage Problem
Season 1 Episode 167
How one hospital is scrambling to deal with a shortage of a critical drug, and what changes are needed to fix chronic problems with the U.S. medical …
4 years, 3 months ago
Pain, Fear and Waste: The Costs of Unnecessary Care
Season 1 Episode 166
We explore “cascades of care” — how a clinician's desire to be thorough can snowball into a harmful spiral of unnecessary care.
Guests:
Meredith Niess,…
4 years, 3 months ago
Answering the Call, Part 2: Struggling to Staff the Nation’s New Crisis Line
Season 1 Episode 165
In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ca…
4 years, 4 months ago
Can More Time on Medicaid Lower Maternal Deaths?
Season 1 Episode 164
The country’s high rates of pregnancy-related deaths and complications, and the potential impact Biden’s push to expand Medicaid coverage for pregnan…
4 years, 4 months ago
Fixing the Obamacare 'Glitch' That Pushed One Couple to Divorce
Season 1 Episode 163
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, 4 months ago
Presenting Color Code: Dismantling Medical Racism Starts in the Classroom
Season 1 Episode 162
Medical education is in the midst of a revolution. Students and educators want their education ingrained in antiracism and hope that by acknowledging…
4 years, 4 months ago
How One Doctor Is Prepping for a World Without Roe
Season 1 Episode 161
We talk with a Michigan OB-GYN determined to make sure her hospital is ready if abortion becomes illegal in her state.
Learn more and read a full tran…
4 years, 4 months ago
Too Healthy for the Hospital, Too Sick for the Streets
Season 1 Episode 160
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, 5 months ago