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Getting Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants in Trump's America
Season 1 Episode 338
Worrying about deportation can literally make people sick. Health care providers are scrambling to cut through their undocumented patients’ panic abo…
1 year, 1 month ago
Trump Forced Hospitals and Insurers to Reveal Their Prices. What Happened?
Season 1 Episode 337
A mandate to make health care prices public was one of President Trump’s signature health policies in his first term. But forcing hospitals to publis…
1 year, 1 month ago
How One Company Gamified Health Insurance
Season 1 Episode 336
One organization turns to a game to get employees to debate and decide together what health care they most value.
Guests:
Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., Direct…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Medicaid Policy Red and Blue States Agree On
Season 1 Episode 335
More than half of states — from deep blue California to solidly red Louisiana — want to bring Medicaid behind bars in hopes of saving the lives of pe…
1 year, 1 month ago
One Scientist's Mission to Change How We Prevent Overdoses
Season 1 Episode 334
A leading addiction expert explains how he’s driven by the memory of a friend who died, and why he believes giving data on the drug supply to people …
1 year, 2 months ago
A Rural Hospital in Kentucky Prepares for Medicaid Losses
Season 1 Episode 333
Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana, Kentucky is already taking a hard look at its budget in light of Republican cuts to Medicaid. Here’s what th…
1 year, 2 months ago
What It’s Like to Be Transgender in Trump’s America
Season 1 Episode 332
How the federal government has restricted health care access for transgender Americans, and how those shifts in policy and rhetoric are changing life…
1 year, 2 months ago
As the Big Beautiful Bill Becomes Law, States Face a ‘Daunting’ Rollout
Season 1 Episode 331
North Carolina’s former health secretary explains the heavy lift and hard choices ahead of states as they rush to put Republicans' new health reforms…
1 year, 2 months ago
How Two Supreme Court Rulings Affect the ACA, Planned Parenthood and the Future of Preventive Care
Season 1 Episode 330
Health law expert Katie Keith helps us break down what a pair of big court decisions mean for RFK Jr.’s power and for people's access to abortion, ca…
1 year, 2 months ago
Unpacking the Health Impacts of Republicans' 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Season 1 Episode 329
On June 18, Tradeoffs moderated an online event with economists and doctors examining why this legislation could cost so many people their health cov…
1 year, 3 months ago