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175th Interview: University of Michigan's Professor Andrew Ryan Discusses Measuring for Spending Efficiency or Value in Healthcare (June 11th)
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Americans spend over $3.5 trillion or 6% of the GDP annually on health care. One third, or over $1 trillion, of that spending is considere…
6 years, 11 months ago
Natural Climate Solutions: The Nature Conservancy's Jennifer Tabola Discusses Its New Initiative to Address Climate Change (May 8th)
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It should go without stating "nature's contribution to people are vital to human existence." Nevertheless, this was the third line in the …
7 years ago
Kaiser's Kathy Gerwig Discusses Her Organization's Effort to Go Carbon Neutral By Next Year Improving the Lives of Millions (May 3rd)
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After the food industry health care is considered this country's second largest emitter of green house gas (GHG) pollution. With emissions…
7 years, 1 month ago
Are Federal Regulators Panicked Over the Increased Use of E-Cigarettes Among Adolescents: A Conversation With Prof. David Abrams (April 23rd)
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The e-cigarette market, or what the FDA formally terms Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems or ENDS, has grown since 2004 to approximately …
7 years, 1 month ago
Ann Neumann Discusses Mercy Killings or Suicide-Homicides (April 15th)
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In 2017 more than 47,000 Americans committed suicide. While suicide rates decreased during the 1980s and 1990s, they have increased by 33%…
7 years, 1 month ago
Harold Miller Discusses Improving Medicare's Alternative Payment Models (April 9th)
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Medicare's Fee for Service Alternative Payment Models (APMs), a creation of 2015 MACRA legislation, currently 12 in number with participati…
7 years, 1 month ago
Interview with America's Health Insurance Plans' (AHIP) CEO Matt Eyles (March 19th)
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Despite gains made under the ACA, health insurance coverage in the US remains fraught with problems. Over 28 million non-elderly remain un…
7 years, 2 months ago
David Wallace Wells Discusses His Just-Published "The Uninhabitable Earth, Life After Warming" (February 28th)
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For this, my 168th interview, David Wallace Wells discusses his just-published book, "The Uninhabitable Earth, Life After Warming." Listen…
7 years, 3 months ago
ATAP's Dr. Robert Levin Discusses Reforming Drug Pricing Policy (February 18th)
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The administration and the Congress are currently discussing various proposals to reform drug pricing policy. Drug prices, as listeners ar…
7 years, 3 months ago
Remote Area Medical's Free Health Care Clinics: A Discussion with RAM CEO Jeff Eastman (January 31st)
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Over 40 million Americans live in poverty or upwards of 14% of the population. Those living in extreme poverty number 18 million and over …
7 years, 4 months ago