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An Arm and a Leg
An Arm and a Leg
An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg is a podcast about why health care costs so freaking much and what we can (maybe) do about... more

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Episodes

Winning a two-year fight over a bogus bill

A few months ago, we got a note from a listener named Meagan, who wanted to thank us.  She said... more

20 Mar 2025 · 23 minutes
A medical-debt watchdog gets sidelined by the new administration

A federal agency called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — CFPB for short — has taken big steps to help... more

27 Feb 2025 · 19 minutes
Big news: Our ‘First Aid Kit’ newsletter is now weekly

Hey – real quick: some big news from the team at An Arm and a Leg. Our First Aid Kit... more

24 Feb 2025 · 4 minutes
How do you deal with wild drug prices?

Tons of people spend so much time and energy trying to get their meds at a reasonable price. And we... more

03 Feb 2025 · 9 minutes
The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care

The Lown Institute’s contest for this year’s most outrageous stories of greed in health care.

16 Jan 2025 · 25 minutes
This is An Arm and a Leg

A show about the cost of health care

06 Jan 2025 ·
A listener fighting the good fight

To close out the year, we spoke with a very cool listener – a medical resident fighting for change.

30 Dec 2024 · 11 minutes
Revisiting ‘Christmas In July’

From the archives: a family tragedy, a 40-year tradition, and a $1 million in medical debt erased.

12 Dec 2024 · 27 minutes
New lessons from the fight for charity care

For instance: It's a $14 billion battle.

22 Nov 2024 · 28 minutes
Fight health insurance — with help from AI

“I hate insurance companies,” says tech worker Holden Karau. So she made a bot to battle with them.

01 Nov 2024 · 22 minutes