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A show about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can (maybe) do about it.
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A Texas doctor’s love letter to ‘The People’s Hospital’
“You see this model, and you wonder, can things be different in health care?” (From 2023)
August 13, 2026
Making Change
A Texas doctor’s love letter to ‘The People’s Hospital’ (From 2023)
Checking in with reporter Julie Rovner: "I'm worried."
KFF Health News DC correspondent on the fallout from cuts to Medicaid, Obamacare, and public health. Plus, what she thinks we'll see in 2028.
July 23, 2026
The Big Picture
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 new podcast "Paper Trail"
July 2, 2026
Navigating Insurance
How to Fight a Health Insurance Denial With a Little-Known Tool (from ProPublica’s Paper Trail)
The Prescription Drug Playbook (Full Version)
The best advice we've heard about what to do when you can't afford your meds (from 2025)
June 11, 2026
Navigating Insurance
The Prescription Drug Playbook (Full Version)
The Chatbot Will See You Now: Big Tech In Therapy
from Matt Stoller and David Dayen at "Organized Money"
May 21, 2026
Who Profits
The Chatbot Will See You Now: Big Tech In Therapy (from Organized Money)
The Supreme Court case that could slow generic drugs
In Hikma v. Amarin, it's a battle between a brand-name drugmaker and a generic company over drug patents
April 27, 2026
Who Profits
The Supreme Court case that could slow generic drugs
Why drugs cost so much, 101: Medicine monopolies
A crash course in how patent games keep prices high. Plus, the rags-to-riches story of the guy who helped write the rules, and wants to fix them.
April 8, 2026
Who Profits
Why drugs cost so much, 101: Medicine monopolies
‘Not workable’: How two Americans picked a plan this year — or didn’t
Health insurance premiums skyrocketed this year. Here's how they chose.
March 19, 2026
The Big Picture
‘Not workable’: How two Americans picked a plan this year — or didn’t
The EpiPen and Food Allergies
An episode of "Drug Story," a new podcast about the business of disease and health.
February 26, 2026
Who Profits
The EpiPen and Food Allergies (from Drug Story)
NYT’s Ron Lieber: ‘These people are not going to win.'
A personal finance reporter faces down a last-minute insurance curveball.
February 5, 2026
Fighting Bills
Navigating Insurance
NYT’s Ron Lieber: ‘These people are not going to win’
'Sh**’s wild': Scaling up, doubling down, and buckling in
We check back in with charity-care nonprofit Dollar For
January 15, 2026
The Big Picture
‘Sh**’s wild’: Scaling up, doubling down, and buckling in
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