Tracks by Dan Weissmann

A doctor’s love letter to ‘the People’s Hospital’

Lessons from “wrestling with a giant”

The bill looked like BS. So she took it to small claims court.

Can They Freaking Do That?!? (2023 Edition)

2022 in Review

Like pulling teeth.

The best video about health insurance, ever

Health insurance post-Roe, and a grassroots network of abortion funds

A listener asks: Could NOT having insurance be a better deal?

Quick update from Arm and a Leg HQ

California plans to make its own insulin and sell it super-cheap. Really.

Congress fixed (a piece of) Medicare. It only took a few decades.

The Medical-bill "Negotiation Lab"

The Genetic Testing ‘Bait-and-Switch’

One ER Doc’s Journey Through the Pandemic — and the Health Care System

These docs are trying to kick private equity out of their ER

Credit Where It’s Due

“The Golden Age of Older Rectums” (for investors)

Sick Note, pt. 2: Dang

Sick Note: Dan has COVID. (He's fine, but ...)

Fighting for the Right to Help

Swimming with sharks

Introducing: Last Day

Meet your new rights under the No Surprises Act

2022 update: How to avoid a big bill for your COVID test (feat. Sarah Kliff)

Why rapid COVID tests are so freaking expensive

Fighting with health insurance is easy (for Jacqueline Fox)

How to avoid the crappiest health insurance.

The Insurance Warrior takes on a $61B Company

Meet the Insurance Warrior

We spend 12 million hours a week on the phone with health insurance

Wait, that was legal until now?!?

"We just kept right on pushing"

The wild backstory of a tiny but crucial Obamacare provision (ft. David Axelrod)

A legendary lawyer sued hospitals for price-gouging their patients. And got his butt handed to him.

Who's been trying to cash in on COVID vaccinations? (And how did racism help them out?)

Revisiting insulin, as relevant (and expensive) as ever

A legal strategy for erasing billions in medical debt— that works—from a 60-second video.

A former "bad guy" lawyer shows us how the dark machinery works. And our rights.

A 21st-century Christmas Carol: How one Scrooge became a health-care whistleblower

From our reporter's notebook: What we learned in 2020, and what's ahead, with T.K. Dutes

Fight! My family tries to pick health insurance for next year. COVID makes it harder.

Andy Slavitt gives us a COVID check-in from 40,000 feet

How to avoid a big bill for your COVID test: with Sarah Kliff of the New York Times

How to Keep Cool in a Tough Moment: A self-defense expert breaks it down

David v Goliath: How to beat a big hospital (using small claims court)

How to handle debt collectors, with the TikTok Mom and a legal expert

Your TikTok Mom has some medical-bill tips, and a hell of a story

A Blast of Hope and Humanity: Here's what perseverance looks like

She tangled with health insurance every day for 25 years. And loved it. Here's what she can teach us.

How to fight like a bulldog (against bogus medical bills)

Financial self-defense school, now in session: Make your own luck.

The hug shortage, the new abnormal, and the $7,000 COVID test. What we've learned in SEASON-19

How Katelyn survived COVID—without going bankrupt. (Not easy. She has tips.)

From inside the health insurance company: Angst, and advice we can use.

The severe, weird recession... in health care. And what it means for our wallets

COVID tests are free, except... when they're not

Like a fire with no one to call: 'We've left no latent capacity in health care.'

If I get COVID-19, what good will my insurance do me?

Makers unite: Speeding PPE to a COVID hospital

Watch Your Back: Outwitting the Back-Pain Industry

Christmas in July

This hospital sued thousands of patients — until a reporter called them out.

Can they freaking DO that?!?

Why can't they tell you the price upfront?

Health Care: The Musical

My Neighbor the Health-Care Ninja

Mom vs. Texas

A place where they do health care more cheaply and effectively. (And yes, it’s in the U.S.)

An actor walks into a doctor’s office…

Whoa, this medical device is spying on me. In my sleep. So my insurer can deny me coverage.

The surprising history behind insulin’s absurd price (and some hopeful signs in the wild)

Why are drug prices so random? Meet Mr. PBM

How much for an MRI? Well, that depends…

To get paid, hospitals get creative

We thought we had adulted properly

A “deal” on health insurance comes with troubling strings

Why are ER bills so horrible? Sarah Kliff spent a year finding out. (Season One, episode 7)

Why Health Insurance Actually Sucks (Season One, episode 6)

So, Robin Hood’s got an approach to medical bills. (Season One, episode 5)

Why you (and I) will likely pick the wrong health-insurance plan (Season One, episode 4)

How one drug got its $500,000 price tag. (With 99 Percent Invisible– Season One, episode 3)

All the Marbles: One woman’s epic quest for health insurance (Season One, episode 2)

This is Water, and it sucks. Let’s talk. (Season One, episode 1)

A $229,000 medical bill goes to court

Mental health ‘ghost networks’ — and a ghost-buster

A ‘payday loan’ from a health care behemoth