Dan on Slate’s The Gist with Mike Pesca

Hey there — Last year, we set out on a mission: Collect all the best advice about what to do when your drugs cost more than you can afford. We asked you — our listeners and subscribers — for your experiences. Your responses helped us map a whole landscape of potential options: drug coupons, discount pharmacies, assistance programs, and even

Hey there — Confession: I’m in medical debt. Over the last couple of months, a collections agency has called me every single day trying to collect a $1,035 debt I supposedly owe to a medical supply company. I say “supposedly” because I don’t owe this money. And thanks to what I’ve learned working on this show and newsletter, I know

Hey there — We previously named 2026 the Worst Year Ever for insurance. That’s because premiums were set to skyrocket, and subsidies that helped people pay for plans on the Obamacare marketplace were set to disappear or shrink for millions of people. (Including me.) KFF Health News reporter Julie Appleby called it a “double whammy,” and predicted the changes would hit low income people

Hey there — We have a new episode up this morning, this time from our friends at the podcast Organized Money, a show about corporate consolidation and monopolies. This episode is all about the business of therapy: from the obstacles preventing therapists from taking your insurance, to the way tech companies could be sharing data from your online therapy sessions with social media

Hey there — This week we’re highlighting a trio of stories that shed new light on issues An Arm and a Leg has been tracking closely: A sharp investigation from our partners KFF Health News on who’s actually filing medical debt lawsuits. How one state is cracking down on aggressive medical credit card marketing. Some new, encouraging data suggesting more seniors can afford their