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‘How Pushing Hospitals to Give Away More Free Care Could Backfire’ Transcript

Some lawmakers want nonprofit hospitals to give away more free care. But experts warn that could wind up being worse for patients.

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How Pushing Hospitals to Give Away More Free Care Could Backfire

Some lawmakers want nonprofit hospitals to give away more free care. But experts warn that could wind up being worse for patients.

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‘She Didn’t Want to Die. But She Didn’t Want to Suffer.’

A handful of states allow terminally ill patients to take life-ending medications. We talk with journalist Steven Petrow about his sister’s choice to use this option.

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Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools

A doctor walks us through the risks and benefits of new cancer-detecting body scans and blood tests.

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Tradeoffs LIVE! Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI

A live conversation between a top federal health official and a health care executive about working together to keep AI from exacerbating racial bias in health care.

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5 Ways America’s Courts Could Change Health Care in 2024

Key court decisions in 2024 about prescription drug prices, abortion bans, gender-affirming care and the Affordable Care Act could change the way health care is delivered in America.

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‘5 Ways America’s Courts Could Change Health Care in 2024’ Transcript

Key court decisions in 2024 about prescription drug prices, abortion bans, gender affirming care and the Affordable Care Act could change the way health care’s delivered in America.

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‘Why Are People Afraid of The Most Popular Opioid Addiction Treatment?’ Transcript

‘Why Are People Afraid of The Most Popular Opioid Addiction Treatment?’ Transcript January 25, 2023 Note: This transcript has been created with a combination of machine ears and human eyes. There may be small differences between this document and the audio version, which is one of many reasons we encourage you to listen to the episode!  Listen…

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Why Are People Afraid of the Most Popular Opioid Addiction Treatment?

Fentanyl killed 75,000 people in 2022. Now it’s making one of the best treatments for opioid addiction harder to use.

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Presenting STAT’s First Opinion: How Two Abortion Providers Grapple with Their Post-Roe Reality

STAT’s First Opinion podcast host Torie Bosch talks with two abortion providers about what it’s like to practice medicine in post-Roe America.

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