Tradeoffs

As Congress figures out the future of telehealth, we get a reality check from a top researcher about what this care has and has not delivered. Guest:Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, Professor, Brown University School of Public HealthLearn more and read a full transcript on our website.Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news.Support this type of journalism today, with a gift.Follow us on Twitter. 

Just like the rest of us, when clinicians are short on time and overwhelmed by complex decisions, their brains look for corners to cut, numbers to round, patterns to repeat. This week, Dan talks with Harvard physician and economist Bapu Jena about the surprising impact these mental shortcuts can have on our health care.Guest:Bapu Jena, MD, PhD, Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General HospitalLearn 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.

While stories of private equity firms running amok in health care are easy to find, new research paints a more nuanced picture.Guests:Ambar La Forgia, PhD, Professor of Management of Organizations, Berkeley Haas School of BusinessRachel Werner, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of PennsylvaniaYashaswini Singh, PhD, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public HealthAtul Gupta, PhD, Professor Health Care Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 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.

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.