Tradeoffs

A recent court decision upheld federal rules requiring hospitals and insurers to post prices. But will price transparency lower the cost of health care?

Guest,

Margot Sanger-Katz, Health Care Reporter, New York Times

For more from Dan’s conversation with Margot, https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/07/the-price-of-care/

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Physician and economist Bapu Jena discusses a pair of interesting new health policy research papers with implications for COVID-19, primary care and more.

Guest:

Bapu Jena, MD, PhD, Harvard economist and physician

Read the episode transcript and find links to the research: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/02/research-corner-masks-flint

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Medical interns across the nation are starting their first days as doctors. One resident's hopes and fears before her first shift in the COVID ICU.

Guest:

Tamar Pounardjian, Resident, Brown Medical School, Internal Medicine Residency Program

For more of Tamar's story: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/30/becoming-a-doctor/

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With COVID-19 cases surging across the nation, how can Americans fight their coronavirus fatigue while staying safe?

Guest,

Ashish Jha, Director, Harvard Global Health Institute

More about Ashish and some of the research we used for this episode: https://bit.ly/2B9WxLP

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As the opioid crisis continues to ravage the country, some states are turning to controversial laws that force people into treatment. Are they part of the solution or could they make things worse?

This episode originally ran on Jan. 2, 2020.

Guests:

Dr. Abhishek Jain, forensic psychiatrist

Rep. Lauren Davis, Washington state

Merredith Cunniff, nurse, advocate and former civil commitment patient

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The Supreme Court says the Trump administration can’t end DACA, for now. What the decision means to one DACA recipient caring for those most vulnerable to COVID-19.

Guest: Esmeralda Tovar-Mora; Mental Health Case Manager, Nursing Home Medication Aide, DACA Recipient

Read the transcript and see photos of Esmeralda and her family: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/19/daca/

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A top World Health Organization official sparked controversy earlier this month when she said cases of asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 spreading the virus are “very rare.” Bloomberg senior editor Jason Gale digs into what we know — and don’t know — about asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19, also known as “silent spreaders.”

Guests: 

Jason Gale, Senior Editor, Bloomberg News

Dr. Sanjaya Senanayake, Associate Professor, Australia National University

Dr. Peter Collignon, Professor, Australia National University

Read a transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/18/prognosis-silent-spreaders/

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The average doctor does more than 200,000 patient interviews in their career, making communication one of the most common procedures in medicine. How are we training providers for this and are those efforts working?

This episode originally aired on Nov. 13, 2019.

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New data suggest undocumented immigrants aren't being tested enough for COVID-19. What's standing in the way, and what's being done to address it?

Guests: 

Ana

Matt Notowidigdo, PhD, University of Chicago Poverty Lab

Samantha Artiga, Director, Disparities Policy Project, Kaiser Family Foundation

Dawn Mautner, MD, MS, Medical Director, Oregon State Medicaid; Senior Health Advisor, Oregon Health Authority

Monica Juarez, MPH, Regional Outreach Coordinator, Oregon Health Authority

Special thanks to medical anthropologist Whitney Duncan who provided translation services and whose research on immigrant health connected us with Ana.

Learn more and read the episode transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/11/hard-to-reach/

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Early in the pandemic, California was conducting just 2,000 coronavirus tests a day. Now the state is up to 60,000. How did they ramp up testing so quickly?

Guests: 

Bob Kocher, Partner, Venrock

Charity Dean, Assistant Director of the California Department of Public Health

Paul Markovich, President of Blue Shield of California

For more about California’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/09/california-dreamin/ 

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