Making Change
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Podcast Episode
May 26, 2022
Credit Where It’s Due
Credit reporting bureaus announced in April that they would start taking most medical debt off...
Podcast Episode
March 24, 2022
Fighting for the right to help
A non-profit called Upsolve wants to train people like pastors, social workers, and librarians to...
First Aid Kit
December 14, 2021
For your holiday giving list
Help other people deal with the horrible cost of health care....
Podcast Episode
September 30, 2021
Wait, that was legal until now?!
Hospitals in Maryland were suing patients over bills that should’ve been forgiven. It wasn’t illegal...
Podcast Episode
September 16, 2021
“We just kept right on pushing” … and laws changed
A 24-year-old died because he didn’t have insurance. His parents fought back. With help from...
Podcast Episode
September 2, 2021
The wild backstory of a tiny but crucial Obamacare provision (ft. David Axelrod)
How one Republican senator made sure the ACA required non-profit hospitals to act more like...
Podcast Episode
August 19, 2021
A legendary lawyer sued hospitals for price-gouging their patients. And got his butt handed to him.
Dick Scruggs is the guy who beat Big Tobacco. But when he took on Big...
Podcast Episode
July 15, 2021
Badass volunteers help Jared level up, in the fight to crush medical debt
Update on Jared Walker, whose viral TikTok described a little-known (and effective) method to “crush”...
Podcast Episode
December 29, 2020
A 21st-century Christmas Carol: How one Scrooge became a health-care whistleblower
Former health-care executive Wendell Potter spent part of 2020 publishing high-profile apologies for the work...
Podcast Episode
November 12, 2020
A self-defense expert’s guide to keeping cool in a tough moment
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Podcast Episode
September 17, 2020
A Blast of Hope and Humanity: Here’s what perseverance looks like
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