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, OHSU 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

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 Survey 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

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 Lab Sheretta Butler-Barnes, PhD, Professor, Washington University Kathleen Ethier, PhD, Director, CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health Ngozi Harris, LCPC, Working on Womanhood Director of Program and Staff Development, Youth Guidance Shekinah Jackson, Working on Womanhood Participant Nora-Lisa Malloy, Working on Womanhood Counsel ..read more

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

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, HHS Kevin Carlson Clarissa Kripke, MD, Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Director of the Office of Developmental Primary Care; University of California, San Francisco Marjorie Ongpauc ..read more

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 patient Allison Rizer, MBA, Executive Vice President, ATI Advisory Eric Roberts, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Casey Schwarz, JD, Senior Counsel, Medicare Rights Center Hong Truong, Caregiver of dually eligible patient Leslie Walker, Senior Reporter, Tradeoffs Learn more and read a ful ..read more

There are a lot of concerns about the dangers artificial intelligence could pose to your health privacy. AI expert Nicholson Price explains why he thinks too much concern over privacy could make health care AI worse. Guest: Nicholson Price, JD, PhD, Professor of Law, University of Michigan 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

With high health bills drowning patients in debt, some lawmakers want nonprofit hospitals to give away more free care. But experts warn that could wind up being worse for patients.  Guests: Ge Bai, PhD, CPA, Professor of Accounting at Carey Business School, Professor of Health Policy at Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University  Jill Horwitz, PhD, JD, MPP, David Sanders Professor of Law and Medicine and Founding Faculty Director, Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits, UCLA Donna Lynne, DrPH, Denver Health CEO Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, President and CE ..read more

A handful of states allow terminally ill people to take life-ending medications prescribed by a doctor instead of waiting for death. This week, we talk with journalist Steven Petrow about his sister’s choice to use medical aid in dying. Guest: Steven Petrow, Journalist and author 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Companies claim they can catch cancer sooner with new blood tests and full-body MRI scans. What are the risks and benefits? Guest: Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; primary care physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more