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Alternative response teams are being asked to tackle vexing problems: mental illness, homelessness, addiction. How much can they actually do? We ex...
- Added: Aug 06, 2024
- Length: 37:34
As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospit...
- Added: Mar 27, 2024
- Length: 27:55
A bipartisan bill takes aim at a $500 billion health care problem that few people have ever heard of. Will it make care better for some of the coun...
- Added: Mar 20, 2024
- Length: 19:17
Congress banned most surprise medical bills back in 2020, with one major exception: ambulance rides. Most people agree that patients should be shie...
- Added: Nov 15, 2023
- Length: 29:50
Employers are facing a big dilemma: How do they pay for the new highly effective and popular obesity medications without breaking the bank? This we...
- Added: Sep 29, 2023
- Length: 21:56
Medicare is in the midst of a pretty dramatic transformation. Before long, two out of every three enrollees will likely have a private Medicare Adv...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Jun 16, 2023
- Length: 24:09
- Purchases: 1
For weeks now, protests against the Israeli government have been taking place in Washington Square Park. Israel, the Jewish state, is at a tipping ...
- Added: May 26, 2023
- Length: 07:56
Medicare could soon pay hospitals much less for common outpatient services like x-rays and checkups.
This week, we explain an old policy gathering...
- Added: May 05, 2023
- Length: 17:51
Less than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some states are rethinking their abortion bans.
This week, reporter Alice Miranda...
- Added: Mar 13, 2023
- Length: 19:26
People leaving jail and prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death. This week, why policymakers from deep blue California to so...
- Added: Feb 24, 2023
- Length: 26:10
Medicare’s historic plan to slow prescription drug spending is taking shape. Last Thursday federal health officials began detailing how one of two ...
- Added: Feb 17, 2023
- Length: 13:51
One year of health insurance premiums for a family of four now costs as much as a car. Nine states are trying to lower those costs in an aggressive...
- Added: Feb 10, 2023
- Length: 17:45
A congressional ban on removing anyone from Medicaid will expire early next year. What will happen to people who lose their coverage, and how are s...
- Added: Jan 23, 2023
- Length: 18:50
An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.
- Added: Oct 28, 2022
- Length: 19:19
We visit southern Europe with our partners at The Response podcast to see how communities are tackling the problem of energy poverty.
Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Aug 29, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Learn about the basics of the ballot initiative, the history of how it caught on in the United States, and the pros and cons that she will explore ...
- Added: Aug 17, 2022
- Length: 32:45
The country’s high rates of pregnancy-related deaths and complications, and the potential impact Biden’s push to expand Medicaid coverage for pregn...
- Added: May 26, 2022
- Length: 03:51
The country’s high rates of pregnancy-related deaths and complications, and the potential impact Biden’s push to expand Medicaid coverage for pregn...
- Added: May 26, 2022
- Length: 17:33
Students at CUNY's Hunter College in New York City are complaining about mice running the halls, broken windows, and leaky ceillings. But, the scho...
- Added: Apr 20, 2022
- Length: 02:43
A year ago, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. The goal is to reverse some of the negative impacts of the War on Drugs...
Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Apr 06, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
The impact of charging people to use Medicaid and how phasing out premiums could threaten one state’s Medicaid expansion.
- Added: Mar 23, 2022
- Length: 20:23
More people died from drug overdoses during the first year of the pandemic — over 100,000 — than in any previous year. In response, the Biden admin...
- Added: Jan 27, 2022
- Length: 23:30
Letting private insurers offer Medicaid coverage was supposed to lower costs and improve care. We dig into the research on Medicaid managed care.
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Nov 04, 2021
- Length: 22:32
- Purchases: 1
All across the country, life is inching towards a pre-pandemic normal, but the mental health impact of the pandemic will cast a long shadow. This s...
- Added: Jul 23, 2021
- Length: 04:26
During the pandemic public health workers have been threatened, and in some cases, been the targets of violence. This misdirection of anger has led...
- Added: Jul 01, 2021
- Length: 03:21