
Tradeoffs explores the toughest choices in health care, diving into issues like the cost of care, health equity, insurance, mental health and artificial intelligence. We connect policy to practice, uncovering the data and personal stories that help audiences understand the stakes — and the potential solutions.
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| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 372 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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Our friends at The Pulse from WHYY explore the economics behind the rise of urgent care and how it’s changing American medicine.
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An employer in Chicago describes how another year of rising premiums forced her to consider dropping her workers’ insurance.
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Rachel Bernier-Green, Founder and CEO, EJ Consortium
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We talk with physician and writer Bob Wachter about why he’s cautiously optimistic that artificial intelligence will usher in a ‘golden age’ of medicine — and the questions he still has about these powerful new tools.
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One of my favorite weekly podcasts. They go in-depth on an important health policy issue in every episode. Tradeoffs’ reporting is particularly important in our current time of uncertainty about insurance costs and coverage. They cover federal policy regularly but also go to the state and even local level when needed. The show has a social justice angle too, highlighting underinsured and/or uninsured populations.
The episode on USAID cuts is superb. Every American with a heart should listen to this first-hand explanation of how the cuts are impacting global health now, with implications for future US health. In surgery, a scalpel is more useful than a buzzsaw.
I went back and actually re-reviewed the New England Journal paper. If you see the population that they enrolled using the lottery, this was a healthy population to start with. They did not have hypertension, and they had no diabetes. It would’ve been very unlikely that Medicaid would’ve made them healthier. Also note they were only 10% African-Americans. This is a bio study from a relatively healthy. Population and should not be used to judge whether Medicaid makes people healthy or not. I woul... more
The host is good and the conversations are thought provoking but they are not interested in representing different sides on healthcare issues. They clearly are committed to the liberal/democratic side and not interested in representing alternate viewpoints. They followed an episode on transgendered care which only represented an expert who is pro gender affirming care with an episode with Obama’s former HHS secretary who was highly critical of the new Trump appointees without any pushback. As we... more
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Content centers on critical issues in health care, including the costs associated with care, health equity, the complexities of insurance, mental health challenges, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the healthcare landscape. The exploration of these subjects often combines empirical data with poignant personal stories, giving audiences both a statistical overview and an emotional connection to the topics at hand. Unique in its approach, the content links policy intricacies to tangible practice, aiming to illuminate not just the stakes involved in healthcare decisions but also exploring potential solutions that could lead to systemic improvements.
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