Health Care News Podcast

By The Heartland Institute

What's Health Care News Podcast about?

The Heartland Institute podcast featuring libertarian and conservative health care scholars who are working to put power back into the hands of patients and doctors, and away from government bureaucrats.

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Health Care News Podcast episodes:

02.29.2024
Obamacare's Olympian Premiums – "I couldn’t afford it," says Mary Lou Retton (Guest: Kansas State Sen. Beverly Gossage)
Olympian Mary Lou Retton made a stunning revelation when asked why she didn’t have health insurance while she was in intensive care fighting for her life. “I couldn’t afford it,” Retton told the Today Show on January 8 when she...
02.07.2024
Are Hospitals Prematurely Ending Life for Organs? – Heidi Klessig, M.D.
You see the reports in the news all the time, a patient on life support has given the “gift of life” by donating organs. Few people realize but organ donors needs to be alive to do this. Hospitals can legally...
01.09.2024
Consumers Have Spent Billions on Decongestants that Don’t Work
In this episode of Health Care News, we delve into the recent revelation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that certain over-the-counter decongestants, specifically those labeled with "PE" (phenylephrine), are no more effective than a placebo. Our guest, Dr....
11.16.2023
The Domino Effect of Medicare Hospital Reimbursements on Soaring Health Costs
For years, Medicare has paid hospitals and their affiliates more for services than it has to others. The reasons are complex, but this policy significantly incentivizes hospitals to absorb independent practices, creating “monopolies” that reduce competition and increase prices for...
11.09.2023
Four-Year-Old Child Trapped in Hospital Getting Against Parents' Will (Guest: Hope Schacter, Mother)
For almost 4 weeks, four-year-old Autumn Schall has been virtually trapped at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, in Palo Alto, CA against the will of her parents. Today, mother Hope Schacter joins the program to discuss Autumn’s situation. Autumn was...
11.07.2023
Removing Medicaid Loopholes to Improve Long-Term Health Care
Stephen Moses, one of the leading experts on long-term care in the U.S., says the nation can dramatically improve the quality of our health care system if we could get rid of the loopholes that allow nearly everyone to qualify...
10.18.2023
Woke Lawsuits Target Affordable Healthcare (Guest: Hal Frampton)
Join us as Hal Frampton, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, delves into a pivotal legal case in Michigan's Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. He's representing Christian Healthcare Centers (CHC) and Sacred Heart Academy as they navigate the expanded...
10.03.2023
Was Obamacare Designed to Fail?
Is it possible that Obamacare was intentionally set up to falter, leading frustrated Americans to implore the federal government to assume control of health care? Devon Herrick posits this theory, having recently explored the topic on the Goodman Health Blog....
09.20.2023
Obamacare’s Dirty Little Secret (Guest: John C. Goodman, Ph.D.)
Hidden within the intricacies of Obamacare lies an unsettling truth that many are unaware of. Dive deep with us as we uncover how this renowned health care reform might not be the safety net for the genuinely ill as it's...
09.15.2023
How Cancer Exposes Obamacare’s Flaws (Guest: Robert Fioretti)
On this episode of "Health Care News," former Chicago and Illinois politician Robert "Bob" Fioretti shares his experience as a cancer survivor and highlights the challenges he faced navigating the healthcare system, even with "Cadillac" health care coverage. Fioretti...
09.13.2023
Personalized Care Act Could Open the Door for Direct Care
Direct primary care (DPC) gets rave reviews from patients and doctors. So why aren’t more people gravitating to this affordable, no-hassle care that provides care outside that of the health insurance maze? Dr. Lee Gross, a direct primary care physician...
08.10.2023
Independent vs Corporate Medicine (Guest: Dr. Hal Scherz)
It's not hard to find someone not complaining about healthcare these days, but it's not because we lack talented health professionals, it's the delivery system. There is an ongoing battle going on in healthcare that many patients might not realize,...
07.31.2023
If You’re Incapacitated, Will the Hospital Save You? (Guest: Dr. Heidi Klessig)
Starting July 21, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) will be meeting to consider two options that would expand the legal definition of death. The first option is what currently exists in the Uniform Determination of Death Act and includes loss...
07.17.2023
Is the Government Changing HIPAA to Block State Law Enforcement?
The Biden administration recently proposed a new rule to change health care privacy protections under the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). The rule would limit access to medical records if inquired in the interest of “reproductive health.” The...
07.12.2023
Did the FDA Sabotage a Non-Addictive Pain Killer? (Guest: Charles L. Hooper)
Did the FDA destroy what could have been a non-addictive pain killer that might have staved off the opioid crisis before it ever stood a chance? Several decades ago, the agency approved the drug Toradol, the first non-addictive pain killer...
06.26.2023
Killing “Certificate of Need” Laws (Guest: Marcello Hochman, M.D.)
This episode of Health Care News focuses on the recent repeal of the Certificate of Need and financial credentialing in the healthcare industry by Governor Henry McMaster on May 17. Dr. Marcello Hochman, a surgeon in Charleston and president of...
06.14.2023
Did This Hospital Intend to Kill Grace Schara?
In early spring of 2021, the family of Grace Schara, a 19-year-old young woman with Down’s Syndrome, brought their daughter to an emergency room at the direction of an urgent care clinic due to wavering blood oxygen levels from COVID-19....
06.07.2023
Milton Friedman's Vision: A ‘Plan for America’ and the Future of Entitlements
Milton Friedman was a staunch advocate for privatizing Medicaid and Social Security, relying on the free market to regulate healthcare. The 'Plan for America' (PFA) is a proposal to bring this vision to life. Terry Nager, one of the co-authors...
04.26.2023
Will the U.S. Supreme Court be the Arbiter of Drug Safety? (Guest: Rik Mehta)
How is it that Mifepristone was approved in the first place? The drug has high risk implications and because of that was authorized under a specific protocol that the Biden administration is now trying to change after the Dobb’s decision...
04.19.2023
Why Are There Prescription Drug Shortages? (Guest: John Goodman)
Have you ever visited a pharmacy only to discover that your prescription medication was out of stock? This issue is not limited to drug stores; it also occurs in hospitals and medical clinics, and the cause is rarely due to...
04.04.2023
Can You Trust Your Hospital Doctor? (Guest: Twila Brase)
Can the doctor taking care of you in the hospital be trusted? In this episode of "Health Care News," Twila Brase, R.N., a leading voice on patient advocacy and privacy, explains how hospitals are employing "hospitalists" who are more accountable...
03.30.2023
Cancer Can Expose the Health Care Shortcomings Under Obamacare
In this episode, host AnneMarie Schieber dives into the story of Robert "Bob" Fioretti, an influential figure in the world of Chicago and Illinois politics and cancer survivor. Bob's journey through the healthcare system in the last decade, specifically during...
03.20.2023
Will Biden Declare Abortion a Public Emergency? (Guest: Rik Mehta)
In this episode of Health Care News, we explore the possibility of the Biden administration declaring a public health emergency to override state regulation of abortion. Our guest, Rik Mehta, a former consumer safety officer at the Food and Drug...
03.16.2023
How the AARP Works Against, Not For, Seniors (Guest: Chris Jacobs)
Most people recognized the acronym AARP. It’s for the American Association of Retired Persons. But few realize that rather than represent the interests of seniors, AARP acts to promote the interests of the health insurance industry at the expense of...
02.06.2023
The Expansion of Government Power Through Social Determinants in Health (Guest: Matt Dean)
Don't miss out on this insightful conversation that will leave you questioning the role of the government in our healthcare system.
02.01.2023
More Fake COVID Deaths to Create Fear (Guest: Joel Hirshhorn)
Details are now emerging just how much the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstated deaths from COVID-19.
01.20.2023
The White House Covid Censorship Machine (Guest: Jenin Younes)
Social media companies have defended their role in aiding the government control the COVID narrative by invoking the 1st amendment.
01.09.2023
Medicaid Expansion Moves Low-Income Children to the Back of the Line (Guest: Charles Blahous)
The Medicaid expansion in Obamacare has proven to remove health care access for low-income children compared to free-market reforms.
12.24.2022
Republican Controlled House Must Fix These Health Care Policies (Guests: Brian Blasé and Drew Keyes)
Republicans are set to take the U.S. House next month. Here’s the four key health care policy errors they need to fix.
12.12.2022
Veterans Affairs Is Failing on Suicide Prevention (Guest: Sally Pipes)
The VA highlights why Americans should fear transitioning towards a single-payer health care system.
12.05.2022
Is Long COVID the Next Excuse for Expanding Government and Mask Mandates? (Guest: Rik Mehta)
Reports have a knack for becoming public policy, and the latest report released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Long COVID could be the next case in point.
11.28.2022
Think Twice Before Signing that Organ Donation Card (Guest: Heidi Klessig, M.D.)
You may want to rethink checking that box making you an organ donor. Unlike tissue donation, organs often need to be harvested from a live person in order to be viable for a transplant. Heidi Klessig, M.D., retired anesthesiologist, pain...
11.17.2022
Does Eugenics Exist in U.S. Health Care? (Guest: Robert F. Graboyes, Ph.D.)
Many people think the field of eugenics disappeared after the Nazi’s were defeated in WWII. But eugenics, a controversial program to perfect the human race, exists in various forms in modern times. Robert Graboyes, economist, journalist, consultant at RFG Counterpoint,...
11.12.2022
Should This Non-mRNA Vaccine Have Been Authorized Early in the Pandemic? (Guest: Raymond March)
The FDA recently gave emergency use authorization (EUA) to the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. Unlike the vaccines Americans received as a result of Operation Warp Speed, Novavax is not an mRNA vaccine. It was bypassed for EUA early in the pandemic...
11.01.2022
How Medicaid Compromised Long-Term Care (Guest: Stephen Moses)
Poverty is no longer a requirement to qualify for long-term care under Medicaid. An entire industry has cropped up over the years instructing families on how to maximize Medicaid’s loose financial guidelines. While families save a bundle of money by...
10.26.2022
Biden Wants More Money for COVID-19 Relief (Guest: Chad Savage, M.D.)
President Biden told 60 Minutes in October that COVID-19 was essentially over. If that's true, why is he still lobbying Congress for billions of dollars in more COVID-19 relief? Biden also extended the emergency declaration another 90 days, further going...
10.19.2022
CVS Fires Employee for Religious Beliefs (Guest: Kevin Theriot)
Late this summer, CVS fired a nurse practitioner for refusing to prescribe ‘Plan B’ ‘Morning After’ pills at the “Minute Clinic” where she had worked for 2 ½ years. CVS had been aware of Paige Casey’s religious objections to prescribing...
10.13.2022
The New York Times Runs a “Hit Piece” on Medicare Advantage Plans (Guest: John C. Goodman)
Increasingly, the private component of Medicare, Medicare Advantage (MA), is coming under attack. The latest salvo was a front-page article on October 8, 2022 in the New York Times, titled “The Cash Monster Was Insatiable – How Insurers Exploited Medicare...
10.04.2022
Are Doctors Ignorant, Cowards, or Just Biased? (Guest: Joel Hirschhorn)
Can we trust doctors today to act in our best interest? Joel Hirschhorn, editor of the Pandemic Blunder Newsletter and author of Pandemic Blunder, returns to the podcast to discuss how the corporate takeover of healthcare is impacting patient care....
09.22.2022
Did Pharma Royalty Payments Influence Government COVID-19 Policies? (Guest: Adam Andrzejewski)
On September 14, Sen. Rand Paul grilled Dr. Anthony Fauci on royalty payments government scientists receive from private third-party entities. The non-profit watchdog, Open the Books has been relentlessly investigating these private royalty payments because the public has been drastically...
09.13.2022
Two Bills Are About to Become Law in California and Why We Should All be Concerned – Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D.
SB 107 would allow California to become a “sanctuary state” for a parent and minor to pursue gender altering surgery and care against the wishes of another parent. AB 2098 redefines the meaning of “unprofessional conduct” to now included the...
09.06.2022
What the U.S. Can Really Do to Bring Down the Costs of Biotech Drugs (Guest: Gregg Girvan)
Americans have a right to complain that some prescription drugs are unaffordable. But the answer is not to have the government (taxpayers) pick up more of the tab. A better solution is to get costly regulatory obstacles out of the...
08.22.2022
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky Calls for Overhaul of the Agency (Guest: Dr. Marilyn Singleton)
On August 17, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently stated that the CDC needs a complete overhaul. How serious is her call? As director, can she fix all that is wrong with the...
08.11.2022
Doug Seaton: Covid Vaccine Lawsuits
Attorney Doug Seaton joins Health Care News managing editor Anne Schieber to discuss a $10.3 million settlement involving hospital employees who were forced to take Covid vaccines against their wishes.
08.02.2022
Democrats Go After Medicare to Shore up Obamacare (Guest: Phil Kerpen)
Congressional Democrats are pushing through a plan that shift $288 billion away from Medicare drug spending and into Obamacare plans and Green New Deal ventures. Extended Obamacare plans from the pandemic expire around the midterm elections. Premiums will likely skyrocket...
07.25.2022
Is Medicare Advantage a Bad Deal? (Guest: John Goodman)
Medicare Advantage (MA) is under attack after a report by the Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. John Goodman, a health care economist, president of the Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research, and co-publisher of Health Care News,...
07.21.2022
Why Is Biden Pushing Medical Debt Relief if the Affordable Care Act Is Working?
Obamacare was supposed to be affordable, but on April 11, the White House announced new actions to “lessen the burden of medical debt and increase consumer protection.” Why are consumers being flanked with extra medical bills if the Affordable Care...
07.01.2022
Could Too Much Telehealth Drive Up Medicare Costs? (Guest: Josh Gordon, Ph.D.)
Telehealth soared in popularity soon after Medicare started covering telehealth claims during the pandemic. There is a five-month time limit on reimbursing claims after the pandemic emergency declaration ends, which is now expected after the mid-term election. Before making reimbursements...
06.23.2022
Should We Give the COVID-19 Shot to Infants and Toddlers? (Guest: Dr. Jane Orient)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved emergency use authorization of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 shots for infants and toddlers six months and older. Should parents get them for their young children? The shots have been in use...
06.21.2022
Woke Culture Infects Health Care (Guest: Dr. Marilyn Singleton)
In a recent article, a physician used the terms “assigned male at birth (AMAB)” and “assigned female at birth (AFAB)” instead of male and female. The article was published by The Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Marilyn Singleton, a board-certified anesthesiologist in California and...

What's Health Care News Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Health Care News Podcast episodes:

Obamacare's Olympian Premiums – "I couldn’t afford it," says Mary Lou Retton (Guest: Kansas State Sen. Beverly Gossage)

Are Hospitals Prematurely Ending Life for Organs? – Heidi Klessig, M.D.

Consumers Have Spent Billions on Decongestants that Don’t Work

The Domino Effect of Medicare Hospital Reimbursements on Soaring Health Costs

Four-Year-Old Child Trapped in Hospital Getting Against Parents' Will (Guest: Hope Schacter, Mother)

Removing Medicaid Loopholes to Improve Long-Term Health Care

Woke Lawsuits Target Affordable Healthcare (Guest: Hal Frampton)

Was Obamacare Designed to Fail?

Obamacare’s Dirty Little Secret (Guest: John C. Goodman, Ph.D.)

How Cancer Exposes Obamacare’s Flaws (Guest: Robert Fioretti)

Personalized Care Act Could Open the Door for Direct Care

Independent vs Corporate Medicine (Guest: Dr. Hal Scherz)

If You’re Incapacitated, Will the Hospital Save You? (Guest: Dr. Heidi Klessig)

Is the Government Changing HIPAA to Block State Law Enforcement?

Did the FDA Sabotage a Non-Addictive Pain Killer? (Guest: Charles L. Hooper)

Killing “Certificate of Need” Laws (Guest: Marcello Hochman, M.D.)

Did This Hospital Intend to Kill Grace Schara?

Milton Friedman's Vision: A ‘Plan for America’ and the Future of Entitlements

Will the U.S. Supreme Court be the Arbiter of Drug Safety? (Guest: Rik Mehta)

Why Are There Prescription Drug Shortages? (Guest: John Goodman)

Can You Trust Your Hospital Doctor? (Guest: Twila Brase)

Cancer Can Expose the Health Care Shortcomings Under Obamacare

Will Biden Declare Abortion a Public Emergency? (Guest: Rik Mehta)

How the AARP Works Against, Not For, Seniors (Guest: Chris Jacobs)

The Expansion of Government Power Through Social Determinants in Health (Guest: Matt Dean)

More Fake COVID Deaths to Create Fear (Guest: Joel Hirshhorn)

The White House Covid Censorship Machine (Guest: Jenin Younes)

Medicaid Expansion Moves Low-Income Children to the Back of the Line (Guest: Charles Blahous)

Republican Controlled House Must Fix These Health Care Policies (Guests: Brian Blasé and Drew Keyes)

Veterans Affairs Is Failing on Suicide Prevention (Guest: Sally Pipes)

Is Long COVID the Next Excuse for Expanding Government and Mask Mandates? (Guest: Rik Mehta)

Think Twice Before Signing that Organ Donation Card (Guest: Heidi Klessig, M.D.)

Does Eugenics Exist in U.S. Health Care? (Guest: Robert F. Graboyes, Ph.D.)

Should This Non-mRNA Vaccine Have Been Authorized Early in the Pandemic? (Guest: Raymond March)

How Medicaid Compromised Long-Term Care (Guest: Stephen Moses)

Biden Wants More Money for COVID-19 Relief (Guest: Chad Savage, M.D.)

CVS Fires Employee for Religious Beliefs (Guest: Kevin Theriot)

The New York Times Runs a “Hit Piece” on Medicare Advantage Plans (Guest: John C. Goodman)

Are Doctors Ignorant, Cowards, or Just Biased? (Guest: Joel Hirschhorn)

Did Pharma Royalty Payments Influence Government COVID-19 Policies? (Guest: Adam Andrzejewski)

Two Bills Are About to Become Law in California and Why We Should All be Concerned – Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D.

What the U.S. Can Really Do to Bring Down the Costs of Biotech Drugs (Guest: Gregg Girvan)

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky Calls for Overhaul of the Agency (Guest: Dr. Marilyn Singleton)

Doug Seaton: Covid Vaccine Lawsuits

Democrats Go After Medicare to Shore up Obamacare (Guest: Phil Kerpen)

Is Medicare Advantage a Bad Deal? (Guest: John Goodman)

Why Is Biden Pushing Medical Debt Relief if the Affordable Care Act Is Working?

Could Too Much Telehealth Drive Up Medicare Costs? (Guest: Josh Gordon, Ph.D.)

Should We Give the COVID-19 Shot to Infants and Toddlers? (Guest: Dr. Jane Orient)

Woke Culture Infects Health Care (Guest: Dr. Marilyn Singleton)