Episodes
An Insurance Company Bought This Doctor’s Practice. She’s Worried About Her Patients
One doctor debates whether to work for the nation's largest insurance company after it purchased the independent practice she worked for in Oregon.
92,000 Transgender People Took This Survey. Here’s What We Learned
As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.
Surprise! Plans To Resolve High Medical Bills Are Still a Mess
Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting over prices.
One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities
As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospitals and insurers are...
Sen. Bill Cassidy Wrestles with a $500 Billion Health Care Problem
Tradeoffs talks with Sen. Bill Cassidy about a new bipartisan effort to improve care for some of the country's poorest, sickest patients.
How Patient Privacy Could Hurt AI
Why one expert says too much focus on privacy could make health care AI biased and less effective.
How Do You Help Patients Who Show Up in the ER 100 Times a Year?
Health care leaders share what they've learned from two decades of trying to keep this group of costly, complicated patients out of the hospital.