Tradeoffs

A major new study throws cold water on a popular approach to relieving medical debt, but leading experts say the research also reveals a promising path forward. Guests:Henry Harrell, MD, Physician Neale Mahoney, PhD, Professor of Economics, Stanford UniversityAllison Sesso, President and CEO, Undue Medical DebtLearn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at info@tradeoffs.org.

One advocate’s vision for the crucial role patients must play in the future of health care AI.Andrea Downing, President and Co-Founder, The Light CollectiveLearn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at info@tradeoffs.org.

Some patients’ lives are so complicated by trauma, poverty and other social problems that routine conditions like diabetes and asthma regularly turn into $10,000 hospital visits. America’s health care leaders have spent years trying to help this small but costly group of patients. What have they learned?Guests:Jeff Brenner, MD, CEO, The Jewish BoardArthur Brown, Client, Camden CoalitionAmy Finkelstein, PhD, Professor of Economics, MIT; Co-Scientific Director, J-PAL North AmericaAllison Hamblin, MSPH, President and CEO, Center for Health Care StrategiesPaula Lantz, PhD, Professor of Health Policy, University of MichiganLarry Moore, Client, Camden CoalitionKathleen Noonan, JD, President and CEO, Camden CoalitionDottie Scott, Community Health Worker, Camden CoalitionBrian Thompson, Housing Coordinator, Camden CoalitionLeslie Walker, Senior Producer/Reporter, TradeoffsLearn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at info@tradeoffs.org.

One doctor debates whether to work for the nation's largest insurance company after it purchased the independent practice she worked for in Oregon. Guest:Gwen O'Keefe, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, OHSULearn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at info@tradeoffs.org.

As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.Guest:Sandy E. James, JD, PhD, Lead Researcher, 2022 U.S. Transgender SurveyLearn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at info@tradeoffs.org.

Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and Latina girls get left behind?Guests:Monica Bhatt, PhD, Senior Research Director, University of Chicago Education LabSheretta Butler-Barnes, PhD, Professor, Washington UniversityKathleen Ethier, PhD, Director, CDC Division of Adolescent and School HealthNgozi Harris, LCPC, Working on Womanhood Director of Program and Staff Development, Youth GuidanceShekinah Jackson, Working on Womanhood ParticipantNora-Lisa Malloy, Working on Womanhood Counselor, Youth GuidanceHeidi Sipe, EdS, Superintendent, Umatilla School District (OR)Learn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at info@tradeoffs.org.

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 Learn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at info@tradeoffs.org.

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, HHSKevin CarlsonClarissa Kripke, MD, Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Director of the Office of Developmental Primary Care; University of California, San FranciscoMarjorie Ongpauco, BSN, RN, Nursing ConsultantHarold Pollack, PhD, Professor of Social Work, Policy and Practice; University of ChicagoDonna Valencia, BSN, RN, MSN, Administrator, Group Home AdministratorLeslie Walker, Senior Producer/Reporter, TradeoffsLearn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at info@tradeoffs.org.

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 patientAllison Rizer, MBA, Executive Vice President, ATI AdvisoryEric Roberts, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicineCasey Schwarz, JD, Senior Counsel, Medicare Rights CenterHong Truong, Caregiver of dually eligible patientLeslie Walker, Senior Reporter, TradeoffsLearn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at info@tradeoffs.org.