Episodes
The Meteoric Rise of Private Medicare Advantage Insurance
What's gained and what’s lost as private insurers manage an increasingly large share of the Medicare program?
What Gas Stoves, Minimum Wage Laws and the Military Teach Us About Health Policy
We get a sneak peek at some of the most exciting papers coming out of a major health economics conference.
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2
The Biden administration is proposing new regulations to keep racial bias in AI from getting to the bedside.
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 1
Artificial intelligence could revolutionize health care. It could also perpetuate and exacerbate generations of racial inequities.
The ‘Reverse Disparity’ in Psychosis Care
We explore what it's like to experience psychosis and why it can be so difficult for patients to get effective treatment.
The Wonky Policy That’s Got Hospitals on High Alert
Medicare could soon pay hospitals much less for common outpatient services like x-rays and checkups.
How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care
We talk with Bapu Jena, coauthor of a new book about how fate, mental mistakes and other unseen forces affect the care we receive.
‘No Place Else To Go’: Inside a Former Abortion Clinic
What happens when an abortion clinic can no longer provide abortions?