Episode 6: What’s Missing in Maternal Health

Episode 5: Burnout: The Vicious Cycle

The health care system is basically a lucrative game of tug-of-war – and the winner reaps a trillion dollar pot of gold. But is it a fair game? This week on “The Cost of Care,” David explores the monstrous fee-for service system and how the results can lead to a total...
Episode 6: What’s Missing in Maternal Health

Episode 4: The Million Dollar Baby

This week, David talks to Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, about how a mother and nurse at Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital, ended up with a $1.7 million dollar bill for the birth of her premature baby girl. Listen to Episode 4:...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

TOP NEWS STORIESAccess & Coverage: Indiana announced that the federal government granted the state anunprecedented 10-year extension to its Medicaid expansion program that requiresbeneficiaries to work and pay premiums. The waiver extension is more than twice...