265 episodes

Tradeoffs is an award-winning nonprofit news organization on a mission to help the folks on Main Street, Wall Street and Capitol Hill have smarter, more honest conversations about health policy. 
Founded in 2019 by former Senior Health Care Reporter at Marketplace, Dan Gorenstein, Tradeoffs’ journalism combines data, evidence and storytelling to help people better understand the complicated, costly and often counterintuitive world of health care.
Learn more about us and find transcripts for each episode at https://tradeoffs.org


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Tradeoffs is an award-winning nonprofit news organization on a mission to help the folks on Main Street, Wall Street and Capitol Hill have smarter, more honest conversations about health policy. 
Founded in 2019 by former Senior Health Care Reporter at Marketplace, Dan Gorenstein, Tradeoffs’ journalism combines data, evidence and storytelling to help people better understand the complicated, costly and often counterintuitive world of health care.
Learn more about us and find transcripts for each episode at https://tradeoffs.org


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    Surprise! Plans To Resolve High Medical Bills Are Still a Mess

    Surprise! Plans To Resolve High Medical Bills Are Still a Mess

    Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting about the prices. 
    Guest:
    Benjamin Chartock, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics, Bentley University
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    • 19 min
    One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities

    One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities

    As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospitals and insurers are getting in the way. We get an inside look at one doctor’s quest to improve health care for people with conditions like Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy and autism.
    Guests:
    Alison Barkoff, JD, Administration for Community Living, HHS
    Kevin Carlson
    Clarissa Kripke, MD, Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Director of the Office of Developmental Primary Care; University of California, San Francisco
    Marjorie Ongpauco, BSN, RN, Nursing Consultant
    Harold Pollack, PhD, Professor of Social Work, Policy and Practice; University of Chicago
    Donna Valencia, BSN, RN, MSN, Administrator, Group Home Administrator
    Leslie Walker, Senior Producer/Reporter, Tradeoffs

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    • 31 min
    Can Washington Make Medicare and Medicaid Work Better Together?

    Can Washington Make Medicare and Medicaid Work Better Together?

    A bipartisan bill takes aim at a $500 billion health care problem that few people have ever heard of. Will it make care better for some of the country’s sickest, poorest patients?
    Guests:
    U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
    Saleema Render-Hornsby, Dually eligible patient
    Allison Rizer, MBA, Executive Vice President, ATI Advisory
    Eric Roberts, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Casey Schwarz, JD, Senior Counsel, Medicare Rights Center
    Hong Truong, Caregiver of dually eligible patient
    Leslie Walker, Senior Reporter, Tradeoffs
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    • 22 min
    How Patient Privacy Could Hurt AI

    How Patient Privacy Could Hurt AI

    There are a lot of concerns about the dangers artificial intelligence could pose to your health privacy. AI expert Nicholson Price explains why he thinks too much concern over privacy could make health care AI worse.
    Guest:
    Nicholson Price, JD, PhD, Professor of Law, University of Michigan
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    • 24 min
    How Pushing Hospitals to Give Away More Free Care Could Backfire

    How Pushing Hospitals to Give Away More Free Care Could Backfire

    With high health bills drowning patients in debt, some lawmakers want nonprofit hospitals to give away more free care. But experts warn that could wind up being worse for patients. 
    Guests:
    Ge Bai, PhD, CPA, Professor of Accounting at Carey Business School, Professor of Health Policy at Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University 
    Jill Horwitz, PhD, JD, MPP, David Sanders Professor of Law and Medicine and Founding Faculty Director, Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits, UCLA
    Donna Lynne, DrPH, Denver Health CEO
    Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, President and CEO of America’s Essential Hospitals
    Gary Young, PhD, JD, Director of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research at Northeastern University 
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    • 18 min
    ‘She Didn’t Want to Die. But She Didn’t Want to Suffer.’

    ‘She Didn’t Want to Die. But She Didn’t Want to Suffer.’

    A handful of states allow terminally ill people to take life-ending medications prescribed by a doctor instead of waiting for death. This week, we talk with journalist Steven Petrow about his sister’s choice to use medical aid in dying.
    Guest:
    Steven Petrow, Journalist and author
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    • 23 min

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