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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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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
Can racism make you sick?

Violence, silences, and public health, with journalist Cara Anthony

17 Oct 2024 · 24 minutes
Special Feature: A Beloved Nursing Home, from “To See Each Other”

We're sharing an episode of “To See Each Other,” about a question that’s SUPER-relevant to this show:  How do we... more

01 Oct 2024 · 31 minutes
“Baby steps” in the fight against facility fees

States are tackling facility fees, but it’s slow going.

26 Sep 2024 · 23 minutes
Anatomy of a Fall: One rural hospital’s ransomware story (from Click Here)

How one rural hospital dealt with a cyberattack.

05 Sep 2024 · 27 minutes
An Arm and a Leg
The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care
An Arm and a Leg