Tradeoffs Podcast
1) How States Are Reckoning with Republican Health Reforms
It's been 90 days since Congress passed Trump’s megabill slashing health care spending and reshaping the Medicaid program. States are already knee-deep in dealing with the fallout. Guests:Hemi Tewarso...Show More
2) BONUS: What Happens if Obamacare Subsidies Shrink?
Excerpts of a live conversation with two top health economists about how extra federal support has helped millions of Americans access health insurance, and what would happen if that aid went away.Gue...Show More
3) A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy
Every year, millions of people’s medical care runs into the roadblock known as prior authorization, which requires an insurer to sign off before chemotherapy, surgery or countless other services can p...Show More
4) Why Are People With Mental Illness Starving to Death in Jail?
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Sarah Stillman explains why so many people with mental illness are starving to death in U.S. jails, who is profiting, and what can be done to prevent it.Guest:Sarah S...Show More
5) Obamacare Premiums Are About to Soar. How’d We Get Here?
Federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans are scheduled to shrink next year. Many shoppers are expected to be priced out of the market, leaving those who stay with higher premiums. It’s a...Show More
6) This Federal Experiment Is Pouring Money into Mental Hospitals. Will It Work?
As states struggle to meet the needs of people with serious mental illness, some are signing on to a federal pilot project that’s funneling new funding into institutional care.Guests:Alex Barnard, Ass...Show More
7) Getting Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants in Trump's America
Worrying about deportation can literally make people sick. Health care providers are scrambling to cut through their undocumented patients’ panic about President Trump’s new immigration policies.Guest...Show More
8) Trump Forced Hospitals and Insurers to Reveal Their Prices. What Happened?
A mandate to make health care prices public was one of President Trump’s signature health policies in his first term. But forcing hospitals to publish prices hasn’t yet helped patients shop around for...Show More
9) How One Company Gamified Health Insurance
One organization turns to a game to get employees to debate and decide together what health care they most value. Guests:Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., Director, Health Benefits Research, Employee Benefit...Show More
10) The Medicaid Policy Red and Blue States Agree On
More than half of states — from deep blue California to solidly red Louisiana — want to bring Medicaid behind bars in hopes of saving the lives of people as they leave jail and prison.Guests:Lee ReedS...Show More