Tradeoffs

We explore the impacts of charging Medicaid enrollees premiums and how phasing out premiums may affect Montana's Medicaid expansion program.Guests:Katharine Bradley, Principal Researcher, MathematicaHeather O'Loughlin, Co-Director, Montana Budget & Policy CenterEd Buttrey, State Representative, MontanaRead a full transcript and dig deeper into the issues explored in today's episode on our website.Please take a couple of minutes to help us learn more about you by filling out our listener survey.Support this type of journalism today by making a donation.Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now.Follow us on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Independent abortion funds have been flooded with donations since Roe v. Wade was overturned. How do these funds work and what role will they play in a post-Roe world?Guests:Brittany Mostiller, Leadership Development Coordinator, National Network of Abortion FundsGretchen Ely, PhD, MSW, Director of PhD Program, University of Tennessee College of Social WorkKim Floren, Director, Justice Through Empowerment NetworkErin Smith, Executive Director, Kentucky Justice Health NetworkRead a full transcript and dig deeper into our reporting here.Please take a couple of minutes to help us learn more about you by filling out our listener survey.Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news.Support this type of journalism today, with a gift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To mark the launch date of 988, America's new mental health crisis line, we're sharing a segment from The Takeaway, a public radio show and podcast produced by WNYC Studios and PRX, featuring Tradeoffs host Dan Gorenstein talking about our reporting on 988.Read a full transcript and dig deeper into our reporting here.Please take a couple of minutes to help us learn more about you by filling out our listener survey.Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news.Support this type of journalism today, with a gift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Part 3 of our special series on 988, we go on the ground to hear from individuals working in their communities to prepare for America’s new mental health crisis line to go live.Guests: Natalie Krebs, Health reporter, Iowa Public RadioEmily Blomme, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation 2 Crisis ServicesChristine Herman, Managing editor, Side Effects Public MediaMike Sunseri, Deputy Executive Director, Kentucky Office of Homeland SecurityCarter Barrett, Reporter, Side Effects Public MediaBenjamin Kowalczyk, Living Room patientRead a full transcript and dig deeper into our reporting here.Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news.Support this type of journalism today, with a gift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 can learn from 911.Learn more about how 988 came to be, what’s at stake and what it will take to succeed in the first episode in our series.Guests: Rebecca Neusteter, PhD, Executive Director, Health Lab, University of ChicagoRita Salazar, 911 call-taker, Valley Communications CenterMichelle Lilly, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Northern Illinois UniversityJennifer Battle, MSW, Director of Access, Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD ServicesLata Menon, MSW, CEO, First Choice ServicesCourtney Colwell, 988 Program Manager, Volunteers of America Western WashingtonRead a full transcript and dig deeper into all our coverage of 988 here.Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news.Support this type of journalism today, with a gift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Starting July 16, 2022, anyone in the U.S. experiencing a mental health crisis will be able to dial 988 for help. We explore what it will take for this new nationwide hotline to meet the needs of millions of people struggling with suicide, addiction and mental illness.Guests:Andrea Harrison, Helpline Specialist, First Choice ServicesMadhuri Jha, LCSW, MPH, Director, Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity, Morehouse School of MedicineBen Miller, PsyD, President, Well Being TrustHannah Wesolowski, MPA, Chief Advocacy Officer, National Alliance on Mental IllnessRead a full transcript and dig deeper into all our coverage of 988 here.Support this type of journalism today by making a donation.Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff.Follow us on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why has a little-known program designed to help hospitals and clinics that serve low-income people become one of the most controversial health policies in the country?Guests: Sayeh Nikpay, PhD, Tradeoffs Contributing Research Editor; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of MinnesotaRead a full transcript and dig deeper into the issues explored in today's episode on our website.Support this type of journalism today by making a donation.Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff.Follow us on Twitter.AS0ak8G9IJpKrgif5e5I Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The leader of a landmark abortion study shares what research and her own family experience suggest will happen to people who are denied abortions in a post-Roe world.Guests: Diana Foster Green, director of research at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive HealthRead a full transcript and dig deeper into the issues explored in today's episode on our website.Support this type of journalism today by making a donation.Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff.Follow us on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A personal and political fight to keep abortion legal in Michigan is in full swing. Michigan is one of more than 20 states poised to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade falls. Politico’s Alice Miranda Ollstein speaks with one woman who got an illegal abortion in Michigan and outlines the political levers state leaders have to to preserve abortion rights.Guests: Alice Miranda Ollstein, health care reporter, POLITICORenee Chelian, Executive Director, Northland Family Planning CentersRead a full transcript and dig deeper into the issues explored in today's episode on our website.Support this type of journalism today by making a donation.Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff.Follow us on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How one hospital is scrambling to deal with a shortage of a critical drug, and what changes are needed to fix chronic problems with the U.S. medical supply chain.Guests:Kierstin Kennedy, Chief Medical Officer, University of Alabama Birmingham HospitalErin Fox, Senior Pharmacy Director, University of Utah HealthRead a full transcript and dig deeper into the issues explored in today's episode on our website.Support this type of journalism today by making a donation.Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff.Follow us on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.