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Obamacare Heads to the Supreme Court … Again
Season 1 Episode 318
The latest threat to the Affordable Care Act could strike down a popular provision that gives 180 million Americans access to free preventive care fo…
1 year, 5 months ago
How RFK Jr. is Upending Public Health
Season 1 Episode 317
Two months on the job, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has plowed forward with mass firings, funding cuts and new policies.…
1 year, 5 months ago
Making Sense of Sweeping Changes at HHS
Season 1 Episode 316
Veteran health care reporter Julie Rovner breaks down the massive cuts and reorganization at HHS and answers listeners’ questions about what to expec…
1 year, 5 months ago
This Budget Cut Would Save Medicare Patients Money. But Can Rural Hospitals Afford It?
Season 1 Episode 315
Medicare often pays clinics owned by hospitals double the amount it pays independent clinics for the exact same medical care. Ending that practice co…
1 year, 6 months ago
Medicare and Medicaid Under Dr. Oz: What to Expect
Season 1 Episode 314
A closer look at the surgeon-turned-TV-star President Trump wants in charge of Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare.
Guests:
Tara Bannow, Reporter, STAT Ne…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Cost of Cutting NIH Research: Voices from the Frontlines
Season 1 Episode 313
A candid conversation between a professor and a Ph.D. candidate about potential NIH funding cuts and their impact on the future of medical research.
G…
1 year, 6 months ago
One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities
Season 1 Episode 312
As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospital…
1 year, 6 months ago
Lots of Hospitals Are Using AI. Few Are Testing For Bias
Season 1 Episode 311
New research sheds light on how many hospitals are using artificial intelligence, what they’re using AI for, and what it means for patients and polic…
1 year, 7 months ago
Getting Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants in Trump's America
Season 1 Episode 310
Worrying about deportation can literally make people sick. Health care providers are scrambling to cut through their undocumented patients’ panic abo…
1 year, 7 months ago
As Trump Targets USAID, What’s at Stake for U.S. and Global Health?
Season 1 Episode 309
The Trump administration’s swift and sweeping efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is creating chaos across global publ…
1 year, 7 months ago