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July 6, 2023
Wait, what’s a PBM (and how do they work)?
If you’ve been told your insurance won’t cover your meds, you’ve met a PBM: a...
Podcast Episode
September 8, 2022
Congress fixed (a piece of) Medicare. It only took a few decades.
Lots of seniors have to pay thousands of dollars for drugs,even tens of thousands,or do...
Podcast Episode
July 7, 2022
One ER Doc’s Journey Through the Pandemic— and the Health Care System
Dr. Thomas Fisher’s book ‘The Emergency’ chronicles the COVID pandemic’s first year in his Chicago...
Podcast Episode
December 30, 2021
Our year in review
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Podcast Episode
December 20, 2021
Why rapid COVID tests are so freaking expensive
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Podcast Episode
February 25, 2021
Revisiting insulin, as relevant (and expensive) as ever
Revisiting and updating a story from 2019: How insulin got to be so horribly expensive,the...
Podcast Episode
December 18, 2020
From our reporter’s notebook: What we’ve learned in 2020, and what’s ahead, with T.K. Dutes
This episode turns the tables: Host Dan Weissmann gets interviewed about what he’s learned this...
Podcast Episode
December 4, 2020
Andy Slavitt gives us a COVID check-in from 40,000 feet
Andy Slavitt, who ran a big chunk of health care for the Obama administration, has...
Podcast Episode
May 27, 2020
The hug shortage, the new abnormal, and the $7,000 COVID test. What we’ve learned in SEASON-19
We wrap up our COVID-19 popup season with stories from three folks with very different...
Podcast Episode
May 6, 2020
The severe, very weird recession… in health care. And what it means to our wallets.
You’ve probably noticed: The U.S. economy is crashing. Something you may not have noticed, that...
Podcast Episode
February 14, 2020
Bonus: Peek inside our reporter’s notebook. What we’ve learned and where we’re headed, with Sally Herships
This bonus episode turns the tables: Ace reporter Sally Herships interviews Arm and a Leg...
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