by Jordana Choucair | Jun 3, 2021 | Latest News, Podcasts
In this week’s episode, David talks with listeners who have had to fight for health care in order to manage chronic illnesses, secure gender-affirming surgeries, and help children receive developmental therapies for Down Syndrome.
by Jordana Choucair | May 28, 2021 | Latest News, Podcasts
This week on “The Cost of Care,” David is joined by Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick, Dr. Venice Haynes, and Natalie Davis as they discuss the anxiety, confusion, and fears people across the country have about asking life-saving health care questions and booking a doctor’s...
by Jordana Choucair | May 20, 2021 | Latest News, Podcasts
Did you know that roughly 1 percent of the entire federal budget is spent treating people with kidney failure? That’s billions of dollars devoted to treating one preventable illness. How did we end up with so many people on dialysis? And who’s getting rich from it?...
by Jordana Choucair | May 13, 2021 | Latest News, Podcasts
This week on “The Cost of Care” Venice Haynes and Meredith Shockley-Smith join David to talk broadly about social determinants and why black babies are twice as likely to die than white babies. David also speaks to Marquisse Watson – a mother whose baby girl Alana...
by Jordana Choucair | May 6, 2021 | Latest News, Podcasts
The health care system is basically a lucrative game of tug-of-war – and the winner reaps a trillion dollar pot of gold. But is it a fair game? This week on “The Cost of Care,” David explores the monstrous fee-for service system and how the results can lead to a total...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 29, 2021 | Latest News, Podcasts
This week, David talks to Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, about how a mother and nurse at Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital, ended up with a $1.7 million dollar bill for the birth of her premature baby girl. Listen to Episode 4:...
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