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In this very special episode, we look at how it became that 42% of Medicare plans in the US are administered through the privatized, "Medicare Advantage" option. We talk about why that sucks and what we can do about it.

This is (loosely) the third part of a slowly unfolding series of historical deep dives on how the US healthcare system was so horribly designed. While this is a standalone episode, you can find the two earlier discussions at patreon.com/deathpanelpod

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We discuss the Biden administration's newly narrowed ambitions for its Build Back Better bill, including the assertion that negotiations over the healthcare provisions are now "holding it up," and the surprising possibility that Democrats might, finally, do something about privatized Medicare plans. Then we look at J.G. Allen's proclamation this week that schools should end mask mandates as soon as the vaccine is approved for children.

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We discuss the New York Times' recent claim—citing Abby!—that Emily Oster has been "vindicated" when it comes to covid and kids. Then we take a look at the novel policy solution no one asked for: the "opioid vaccine."

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We discuss the supply chain crisis as a global labor issue and a result of the administration's covid policies. Then we consider an overwhelmingly myopic piece of health policy analysis from Vox, titled "Can the US cut drug prices without sacrificing new cures?"

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We review Kathryn Paige Harden's new book "The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality." Does this pop psychologist succeed in creating a framework for "anti-eugenics," or are these old just ideas in a new skin?

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We set out to discuss the deprioritization of long-term care in the reconciliation bill and a New York Times investigative report on rampant chemical sedation in nursing homes, and end up explaining the history of chemical incarceration and how nursing homes exist as part of the prison industrial complex.

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Libby Watson joins us to sort out last week's reconciliation bill mess, the unceremonious termination of pandemic COBRA benefits, and the ongoing pundit obsession with Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

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Sophie Lewis joins us on the occasion of the paperback edition of their book Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family to discuss the politics of pregnancy as labor, the political naturalization of the family structure, and what we mean when we say "utopia."

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We discuss the increasing politicization of monoclonal antibody treatments for covid-19, why they're so absent from the national debate over covid response, treatment, and IP, and the Biden administration's recent decision to adjust the quantities it ships to states.

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We discuss the Biden administration's Global COVID-19 Summit, the decision by the CDC and FDA this week to approve booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine, and where things stand with the TRIPS waiver.

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