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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
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With high health bills drowning patients in debt, some lawmakers want nonprofit hospitals to give away more free care. But experts warn that could ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 15:44
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Key court decisions in 2024 about prescription drug prices, abortion bans, gender affirming care and the Affordable Care Act could change the way h...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 18:49
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Fentanyl killed 75,000 people in 2022. Now it’s making one of the few treatments for opioid addiction harder to use.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 23:50
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One out of every four Medicare patients in the hospital is the victim of a medical error. Over the past 20 years, a growing number of hospitals hav...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 22:59
Caption: Precious Mae Clark reviews her medical bills.
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
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California’s Medicaid program is two years into the nation’s most ambitious effort yet to cover non-traditional health care services like housing a...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 16:55
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Many of America’s poorest and sickest patients are stuck navigating two separate insurance programs — Medicare and Medicaid — to get the care they ...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 24:12
  • Purchases: 1
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This summer, our research reporter Soleil Shah added a new role to his resume: first-year medical resident. Now he spends his days alternating betw...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 17:02
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One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 15 states have effectively banned abortion. Dozens of clinics in those states have shut th...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 15:52
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

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  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 18:27
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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
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A new class of drugs can help people lose up to one-fifth of their body weight and manage serious health conditions associated with obesity. But th...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:32
Caption: Gabriel Kibuyu (right) receives hospital-at-home care from UMass Memorial Medical Center nurse Danae Stand (center) and Dr. Constantinos Michaelidis (left on tablet) on March 6, 2023., Credit: Photo by Lisa Abitbol for Tradeoffs.
The pandemic pushed Medicare to start paying for “hospital-at-home” care for the first time, launching the largest test ever of home-based hospital...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 24:21
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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
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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
Caption: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities, and some insurers are buying in., Credit: Ryan Levi
Black Americans report higher levels of mistrust in the health care system than white Americans and suffer worse outcomes in everything from matern...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 20:23
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After 20 years, Humira – the best selling drug of all time – is finally facing direct competition. Typically, once generic drugs arrive on a market...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 18:07
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How one hospital is scrambling to deal with a shortage of a critical drug, and what changes are needed to fix chronic problems with the U.S. medica...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2022
  • Length: 19:57
Caption: Liana Wolk (L) and Owen Marshall at their wedding in May 2019. Owen is one of 5 million Americans stuck in the “family glitch.” , Credit: Molly Haley
The Biden administration is trying to close a gap in the Affordable Care Act that blocks 5 million people from getting affordable health care.

  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 18:40
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Why are a growing number of private insurance companies starting to invest in medical respite — a decades-old way of caring for homeless people?

  • Added: May 17, 2022
  • Length: 18:14
Caption: Dr Kelly Kent with patients.
A pharmacist and co-owner of an independent pharmacy in Iowa shares what life is like nearly two years into the pandemic.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 17:28
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Listen to news from around the Asia in a capsule under 10 minutes. You have everything that you need to know right here.

  • Added: May 17, 2020
  • Length: 09:13
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Plus: Travel Tips From An Emmy-Winning Travel Detective​, ​Health Costs In Retirement, ​​​The Four Best Medicare Supplement Plan Providers, & ​​Fir...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
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Plus: The Brief, Audacious, And Legendary Ride Of The Pony Express & Why Great Poker Players May Turn Into Great Investors

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1