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The Podcast

A show about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can (maybe) do about it.
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Hidden Help: What Happened When Oregon Forced Hospitals to Boost Financial Aid? (From Tradeoffs)

Medicare plans keep disappearing

System meltdown: employer-sponsored health insurance

A Texas doctor’s love letter to ‘The People’s Hospital’ (From 2023)

Julie Rovner is “worried.” Checking in with a veteran DC reporter.

How to Fight a Health Insurance Denial With a Little-Known Tool (from ProPublica’s Paper Trail)

The Prescription Drug Playbook (Full Version)

The Chatbot Will See You Now: Big Tech In Therapy (from Organized Money)

The Supreme Court case that could slow generic drugs

Why drugs cost so much, 101: Medicine monopolies

‘Not workable’: How two Americans picked a plan this year — or didn’t

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