Tradeoffs

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May 30, 2024 A Telehealth Report Card: What’s Worked and What Hasn’t
As Congress figures out the future of telehealth, we get a reality check from a top researcher about what this care has and has not delivered.

Guest:
Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

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18 min
May 23, 2024 How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care
Just like the rest of us, when clinicians are short on time and overwhelmed by complex decisions, their brains look for corners to cut, numbers to round, patterns to repeat. This week, Dan talks with Harvard physician and economist Bapu Jena about the surprising impact these mental shortcuts can have on our health care.

Guest:
Bapu Jena, MD, PhD, Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

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20 min
May 16, 2024 Is Private Equity Ruining Health Care? It's Complicated.
While stories of private equity firms running amok in health care are easy to find, new research paints a more nuanced picture.

Guests:
Ambar La Forgia, PhD, Professor of Management of Organizations, Berkeley Haas School of Business
Rachel Werner, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Yashaswini Singh, PhD, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
Atul Gupta, PhD, Professor Health Care Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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24 min
May 09, 2024 The Hunt for Lasting Fixes to America’s Medical Debt Crisis
A major new study throws cold water on a popular approach to relieving medical debt, but leading experts say the research also reveals a promising path forward.

Guests:
Henry Harrell, MD, Physician
Neale Mahoney, PhD, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
Allison Sesso, President and CEO, Undue Medical Debt

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21 min
May 02, 2024 Patients Push to Shape the Future of AI
One advocate’s vision for the crucial role patients must play in the future of health care AI.

Andrea Downing, President and Co-Founder, The Light Collective

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18 min
April 25, 2024 How Do You Help Patients Who Show Up in the ER 100 Times a Year?
Some patients’ lives are so complicated by trauma, poverty and other social problems that routine conditions like diabetes and asthma regularly turn into $10,000 hospital visits. America’s health care leaders have spent years trying to help this small but costly group of patients. What have they learned?

Guests:
Jeff Brenner, MD, CEO, The Jewish Board
Arthur Brown, Client, Camden Coalition
Amy Finkelstein, PhD, Professor of Economics, MIT; Co-Scientific Director, J-PAL North America
Allison Hamblin, MSPH, President and CEO, Center for Health Care Strategies
Paula Lantz, PhD, Professor of Health Policy, University of Michigan
Larry Moore, Client, Camden Coalition
Kathleen Noonan, JD, President and CEO, Camden Coalition
Dottie Scott, Community Health Worker, Camden Coalition
Brian Thompson, Housing Coordinator, Camden Coalition
Leslie Walker, Senior Producer/Reporter, Tradeoffs

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27 min
April 18, 2024 An Insurance Company Bought This Doctor’s Practice. She’s Worried About Her Patients
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

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21 min
April 11, 2024 92,000 Transgender People Took This Survey. Here’s What We Learned
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

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21 min
April 04, 2024 Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Can Schools Do?
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 Counselor, Youth Guidance
Heidi Sipe, EdS, Superintendent, Umatilla School District (OR)

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24 min
March 28, 2024 Surprise! Plans To Resolve High Medical Bills Are Still a Mess
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

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20 min

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Tradeoffs explores the toughest choices in health care, diving into issues like the cost of care, health equity, insurance, mental health and artificial intelligence. We connect policy to practice,…