Code WACK!

The sordid financialization of America's healthcare system


Listen Later

This time on Code WACK!

Why have U.S. administrations from both sides of the aisle chosen to privatize Medicare and how has that complicated health care for patients? How do mega insurance companies benefit as a result? How much is all this costing us, anyway? And what can we do about it?

To find out, we spoke with Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry executive turned whistleblower, the New York Times bestselling author of Deadly Spin and the president of the Center for Health and Democracy. He's also the author of the Substack newsletter HEALTH CARE un-covered which chronicles out-of-control profiteering in U.S. health care, its impact on everyday Americans, and potential policy solutions.

Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Code WACK!By HEAL California

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

13 ratings


More shows like Code WACK!

View all
The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,821 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,606 Listeners

Marketplace by Marketplace

Marketplace

8,765 Listeners

The Clark Howard Podcast by Clark Howard

The Clark Howard Podcast

5,456 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,426 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,545 Listeners

Today, Explained by Vox

Today, Explained

10,231 Listeners

Fiction - Comedy Fiction by The Sunset Explorers

Fiction - Comedy Fiction

6,444 Listeners