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Nathan Martinez Discusses the Government’s Attempt to Address Out of Network Healthcare Billing
In late 2020 the Congress passed the No Surprises Act largely intended to address patient “surprise,” or out of network bills, typically the result o…
1 year, 11 months ago
Stephanie Wang Discusses the Health Disparities Think Tank
Over the past four decades the US has, per a 2019 JAMA-published study, made a “clear lack of progress on health equity.” Health equity or dispariti…
1 year, 11 months ago
Columbia's Sabin Center's Executive Director, Michael Burger, Discusses State of Play Re: Climate Crisis-Related Litigation
Mr. Burger joins me to discuss climate crisis-related litigation here and abroad and its effectiveness in curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Dedicate…
1 year, 11 months ago
Clayton Page Aldern Discusses His Recently Published, "The Weight of Nature, How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains"
Climate-related health effects are typically defined or limited to those resulting from extreme weather events, exacerbations of chronic disease and …
2 years ago
300th Podcast Interview: Merle Hoffman Discusses Her Just-Published, "CHOICES, A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto"
In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court in June 2022 reversed the court’s previous 1973 Roe v Wade decision, and 20 relate…
2 years, 2 months ago
Dr. Mitchell Li Discusses Reforming Corporate Practice of Medicine Legislation
Over the past 12 years this podcast has discussed increasing corporate dominance of healthcare delivery, made evident in part by the fact the healthc…
2 years, 3 months ago
Professor John Abraham Discusses Rising Ocean Heat Content
Research published last month in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences by Prof. Abraham and his colleagues once again show ocean temperatures, more specif…
2 years, 3 months ago
Dr. Ajay Chaudhary Discusses "The Exhausted of the Earth, Politics in a Burning World"
In his soon-to-be-published book, Dr. Chaudhary argues the climate crisis or the Anthropocene era is the political product of rightwing climate reali…
2 years, 4 months ago
Dr. Robert Scoggins Discusses Medicare's Recent Regulatory Reform to Improve Sepsis Care
Sepsis presents an enormous public health threat. There are for approximately 1.7 million hospital cases and 270,000 deaths per year. Sepsis is con…
2 years, 5 months ago
David Ropeik Discusses His Just-Published Book, "Curing Cancer-Phobia, How Risk, Fear and Worry Mislead Us"
In part because there are over 10,000 known human diseases and symptoms thereof may have numerous possible explanations, frequently diagnostic tests …
2 years, 6 months ago