A show about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can (maybe) do about it. Hosted by award-winning reporter... more
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This year, the state of California put up $100 million to produce its own insulin, and sell it for cheap.... more
Lots of seniors have to pay thousands of dollars for drugs—even tens of thousands—or do without life-saving medicine. That’s finally... more
It’s often possible to negotiate medical bills. It sounds hard — and it can be — but what if we... more
Is it possible for a health care company to make enough people mad about their billing practices that it hurts... more
Thomas Fisher is an emergency room doc in Chicago. His book, The Emergency, is an up-close chronicle of the COVID... more
About a third of ER doctors now work for companies backed by private equity. A lot of those docs do... more
Credit reporting bureaus announced in April that they would start taking most medical debt off of people’s credit reports. At... more
A new golden age is dawning, and it starts where the sun don’t shine.A listener got a pricey quote for... more
Dan’s COVID has hung on there for a while, kept him SUPER tired. Yoinks. Back in a couple weeks!Meanwhile, as... more
Hey there — I got COVID a little before we were scheduled to tape this week's episode. Whoops! I'm fine... more