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Meditation
A doctor’s love letter to ‘the People’s Hospital’
29 min
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Meditation
Lessons from “wrestling with a giant”
20 min
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The bill looked like BS. So she took it to small claims court.
26 min
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Meditation
Can They Freaking Do That?!? (2023 Edition)
21 min
Dan Weissmann
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2022 in Review
14 min
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Meditation
Like pulling teeth.
26 min
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Meditation
The best video about health insurance, ever
19 min
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Health insurance post-Roe, and a grassroots network of abortion funds
26 min
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A listener asks: Could NOT having insurance be a better deal?
27 min
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Quick update from Arm and a Leg HQ
7 mins
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California plans to make its own insulin and sell it super-cheap. Really.
19 min
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Meditation
Congress fixed (a piece of) Medicare. It only took a few decades.
26 min
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Meditation
The Medical-bill "Negotiation Lab"
24 min
Dan Weissmann
Meditation
The Genetic Testing ‘Bait-and-Switch’
18 min
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Meditation
One ER Doc’s Journey Through the Pandemic — and the Health Care System
21 min
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Meditation
These docs are trying to kick private equity out of their ER
22 min
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Meditation
Credit Where It’s Due
18 min
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“The Golden Age of Older Rectums” (for investors)
20 min
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Meditation
Sick Note, pt. 2: Dang
3 mins
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Sick Note: Dan has COVID. (He's fine, but ...)
3 mins
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Meditation
Fighting for the Right to Help
19 min
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Meditation
Swimming with sharks
26 min
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Introducing: Last Day
41 min
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Meet your new rights under the No Surprises Act
18 min
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Meditation
2022 update: How to avoid a big bill for your COVID test (feat. Sarah Kliff)
23 min
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Meditation
Why rapid COVID tests are so freaking expensive
21 min
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Meditation
Fighting with health insurance is easy (for Jacqueline Fox)
19 min
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Meditation
How to avoid the crappiest health insurance.
25 min
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Meditation
The Insurance Warrior takes on a $61B Company
24 min
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Meet the Insurance Warrior
24 min
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We spend 12 million hours a week on the phone with health insurance
20 min
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Meditation
Wait, that was legal until now?!?
27 min
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Meditation
"We just kept right on pushing"
26 min
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Meditation
The wild backstory of a tiny but crucial Obamacare provision (ft. David Axelrod)
26 min
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Meditation
A legendary lawyer sued hospitals for price-gouging their patients. And got his butt handed to him.
23 min
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Meditation
Who's been trying to cash in on COVID vaccinations? (And how did racism help them out?)
32 min
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Meditation
Revisiting insulin, as relevant (and expensive) as ever
31 min
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Meditation
A legal strategy for erasing billions in medical debt— that works—from a 60-second video.
26 min
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Meditation
A former "bad guy" lawyer shows us how the dark machinery works. And our rights.
24 min
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Meditation
A 21st-century Christmas Carol: How one Scrooge became a health-care whistleblower
22 min
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Meditation
From our reporter's notebook: What we learned in 2020, and what's ahead, with T.K. Dutes
23 min
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Meditation
Fight! My family tries to pick health insurance for next year. COVID makes it harder.
19 min
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Meditation
Andy Slavitt gives us a COVID check-in from 40,000 feet
28 min
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Meditation
How to avoid a big bill for your COVID test: with Sarah Kliff of the New York Times
22 min
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Meditation
How to Keep Cool in a Tough Moment: A self-defense expert breaks it down
28 min
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Meditation
David v Goliath: How to beat a big hospital (using small claims court)
23 min
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Meditation
How to handle debt collectors, with the TikTok Mom and a legal expert
28 min
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Meditation
Your TikTok Mom has some medical-bill tips, and a hell of a story
25 min
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Meditation
A Blast of Hope and Humanity: Here's what perseverance looks like
27 min
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Meditation
She tangled with health insurance every day for 25 years. And loved it. Here's what she can teach us.
26 min
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Meditation
How to fight like a bulldog (against bogus medical bills)
23 min
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Meditation
Financial self-defense school, now in session: Make your own luck.
28 min
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Meditation
The hug shortage, the new abnormal, and the $7,000 COVID test. What we've learned in SEASON-19
22 min
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How Katelyn survived COVID—without going bankrupt. (Not easy. She has tips.)
22 min
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Meditation
From inside the health insurance company: Angst, and advice we can use.
17 min
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Meditation
The severe, weird recession... in health care. And what it means for our wallets
18 min
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Meditation
COVID tests are free, except... when they're not
21 min
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Meditation
Like a fire with no one to call: 'We've left no latent capacity in health care.'
17 min
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Meditation
If I get COVID-19, what good will my insurance do me?
32 min
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Meditation
Makers unite: Speeding PPE to a COVID hospital
21 min
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Meditation
Watch Your Back: Outwitting the Back-Pain Industry
29 min
Dan Weissmann
Meditation
Christmas in July
26 min
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Meditation
This hospital sued thousands of patients — until a reporter called them out.
23 min
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Meditation
Can they freaking DO that?!?
28 min
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Meditation
Why can't they tell you the price upfront?
26 min
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Meditation
Health Care: The Musical
22 min
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Meditation
My Neighbor the Health-Care Ninja
30 min
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Meditation
Mom vs. Texas
29 min
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Meditation
A place where they do health care more cheaply and effectively. (And yes, it’s in the U.S.)
23 min
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Meditation
An actor walks into a doctor’s office…
18 min
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Meditation
Whoa, this medical device is spying on me. In my sleep. So my insurer can deny me coverage.
17 min
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Meditation
The surprising history behind insulin’s absurd price (and some hopeful signs in the wild)
27 min
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Meditation
Why are drug prices so random? Meet Mr. PBM
18 min
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Meditation
How much for an MRI? Well, that depends…
22 min
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Meditation
To get paid, hospitals get creative
16 min
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We thought we had adulted properly
24 min
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Meditation
A “deal” on health insurance comes with troubling strings
22 min
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Meditation
Why are ER bills so horrible? Sarah Kliff spent a year finding out. (Season One, episode 7)
19 min
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Meditation
Why Health Insurance Actually Sucks (Season One, episode 6)
17 min
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So, Robin Hood’s got an approach to medical bills. (Season One, episode 5)
16 min
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Meditation
Why you (and I) will likely pick the wrong health-insurance plan (Season One, episode 4)
19 min
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Meditation
How one drug got its $500,000 price tag. (With 99 Percent Invisible– Season One, episode 3)
25 min
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Meditation
All the Marbles: One woman’s epic quest for health insurance (Season One, episode 2)
19 min
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Meditation
This is Water, and it sucks. Let’s talk. (Season One, episode 1)
20 min
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Meditation
A $229,000 medical bill goes to court
27 min
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Meditation
Mental health ‘ghost networks’ — and a ghost-buster
25 min
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Meditation
A ‘payday loan’ from a health care behemoth
23 min
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