Season 4 Archives - Page 10 of 19 - An Arm And a Leg

A listener asks: Could NOT having insurance be a better deal?

California plans to make its own insulin and sell it super-cheap. Really.

Photo of Vanderbilt U health-policy professor Stacie Dusetzina, with the quote: "The idea that you could have such poor coverage was just kind of staggering."

Congress fixed (a piece of) Medicare. It only took a few decades.

Yellow and white text on green background that reads "Negotiating medical bills can workbut it can be uncertain, scary. What if there were a science to it?" Stock art depicts laptop computer with arrayed on top of keyboard, spelling S.O.S.

The Medical Bill “Negotiation Lab”

Yellow and white text on a green background. Text reads: "Can a company's billing practices get enough people mad enough that the company pays a price?" A photograph in the bottom right of the frame depicts blood tests.

The Genetic Testing ‘Bait-and-Switch’