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As gun violence surges, researchers are using new federal funding to search for solutions.

Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado

Jonathan Jay, DrPH, JD, Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University

Autumn Parkin, gun owner and advocate

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We sit down with one of the top pandemic reporters in the country to answer to answer listener questions.

Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli, Science and Global Health Reporter, New York Times

NOTE: This episode incorrectly states that more than 125 million people had received vaccinations at the time the episode aired. More than 125 million doses had been administered, but fewer than 90 million people had received at least one dose.

Read a full transcript of this episode on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/03/25/no-simple-answers-a-covid-qa-with-nyts-apoorva-mandavilli/

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One year ago, a community health center in Boston told us how COVID had wreaked havoc on their budget, staff and patient care. How are they doing now?

Guest: 

Chuck Jones, MBA, President and CEO, Harbor Health

For more of this and our previous conversations with Jones: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/03/18/one-community-health-centers-covid-recovery

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The recently passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act includes a sweeping expansion of the child tax credit, a policy change that could protect millions of kids from poverty—and the health risks that come with it.

Guests:

Deborah Frank, MD, Founding Director of the Grow Clinic at Boston Medical Center (retired); Professor of Child Health and Well-Being (retired), Boston University School of Medicine; and Founder and Principal Investigator, Children’s HealthWatch

Juell Frazier, advocate and health services professional

Tara Hayes, MPP, Director of Human Welfare Policy, American Action Forum

Hilary Hoynes, PhD, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of California Berkeley

Chuck Marr, MBA, Senior Director of Federal Tax Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

For more information on this topic: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/03/11/how-will-bidens-fix-for-child-poverty-affect-kids-health/

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White Americans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at higher rates than Black and Latino people, even though communities of color have been hit hardest by the pandemic. We explore how Chicago is tackling this problem and what other city’s can learn from their efforts.

Guests:

Allison Arwady, MD, MPH, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health

James Rudyk, Executive Director, Northwest Side Housing Center

Vanessa Valentin, Community Relations Director, 36th Ward Alderman’s Office

Adriane Casalotti, Chief of Government and Public Affairs, National Association of County and City Health Officials

Learn more about vaccine distribution inequities and read a full transcript of the episode on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/03/04/data-and-door-knocking-one-citys-push-for-racial-equity-in-vaccines/

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At the end of 2020, Congress finally passed legislation protecting patients from surprise out-of-network medical bills. We dig into the research to understand what we can expect from this long-awaited policy fix.

Guests:

Sayeh Nikpay, PhD, Tradeoffs Contributing Research Editor; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota

Benjamin Chartock, Associate Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; PhD Candidate, Wharton School

Dig deeper into the research discussed in this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/25/will-the-federal-ban-on-surprise-medical-bills-work

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Employers are clashing with hospitals, insurers and even their own workers over high health care prices. We meet some of the businesses, unions and advocates on the frontlines of this battle that could determine the fate of employer-based insurance.

Listener warning: This episode does contain sensitive language

Guests:

Marilyn Bartlett, CPA, CMA, CFM, Senior Policy Fellow, National Academy for State Health Policy, and former administrator of Montana state employee health plan

Mike Chernew, PhD, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

Will Haynes, 32BJ union member

Elizabeth Mitchell, CEO, Purchaser Business Group on Health

Sara Rothstein, Director, 32BJ Health Fund

Gloria Sachdev, PharmD, President and CEO, Employers’ Forum of Indiana

Rep. Donna Schaibley, Indiana House of Representatives

Candace Shaffer, Senior Director of Benefits, Purdue University

Bob Smith, MBA, Executive Director, Colorado Business Group on Health

You can find more of our research online: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/18/the-high-price-of-lowering-health-costs

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The U.S. health care system is full of wasteful spending. A group of top health economists say a bunch of small changes could save the country big money.

Guests:

Zack Cooper, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health and of Economics, Yale University

Mario Macis, PhD, Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Fiona Scott Morton, PhD, Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics, Yale University

Neale Mahoney, PhD, Professor of Economics, Stanford University

Elizabeth Fowler, JD, PhD, Executive Vice President for Programs, Commonwealth Fund

Learn more about the 1% Project and read a full transcript of this episode on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/11/fixing-health-cares-leaky-pipes-could-save-340-billion/

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Doctors and nurses can feel as if they’re living in two worlds. One in which patients are getting sick and dying from the coronavirus, and another in which people deny the virus is real. Emergency room physician Mike Hunihan describes what it’s like to live and work with that dissonance.

Guest:

Michael Hunihan, M.D.

View a full transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/04/death-disease-and-denial-combating-covid-in-the-er/

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Who is Xavier Becerra? We explore Becerra's health policy record, what drives his views and what he could do about the country's health care consolidation problem.

Guests:

Peter Lee, JD, Executive Director, Covered California

Richard Scheffler, PhD, Director, Nicholas C. Petris Center

Aditi Sen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Lanhee Chen, PhD, David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies, Hoover Institution

Learn more about Xavier Becerra and what HHS can do about consolidation in health care on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/01/28/xavier-becerra-get-to-know-bidens-pick-to-lead-hhs/

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