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First Aid Kit
May 12, 2022

Programming note

We’re slowing down a bit, for now....
First Aid Kit
April 27, 2022

Your Turn: Share your tips and requests

Hey there – First Aid Kit is almost six months old! We’ve shared our best...
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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First Aid Kit
November 9, 2021

Introducing First Aid Kit: A financial survival guide to health care

We live in hell. Who wants some burn cream?...
Podcast Episode
August 5, 2021

We’re back! Starting Aug 19. And we’ve got some doozies for you.

We’ve been on a hiatus for a minute, and we are SO excited about what...
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...
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