Tradeoffs

The coronavirus pandemic forced public and private insurers to relax longstanding restrictions on telehealth, leading to a virtual care explosion. But how many of those changes are here to stay?Guest: Chad Ellimoottil, MD, Assistant Professor of Urology and Director of the Telehealth Research Incubator at the University of MichiganRead a transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/10/22/a-telehealth-checkup/Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While the coronavirus pandemic has sucked up all the oxygen, the opioid crisis continues to get worse.Guest: Michael Barnett, Assistant Professor of Health Policy Management at Harvard School of Public Health; Primary Care Physician at Brigham and Women’s HospitalRead a transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/10/20/the-opioid-crisis-is-still-here/Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of Medicare's trust funds is set to run out of money within the next four years, but we've heard almost nothing about it the campaign trail. We explore what would happen, how it got this bad, and what can be done to fix it.Guest: Marc Goldwein, Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director, Committee for a Responsible Federal BudgetLearn more about Medicare and read a transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/10/15/the-medicare-cliff/Explore more of our coverage of the 2020 election: https://tradeoffs.org/trumpbiden/Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second installment of our Research Corner segment, health economist Sayeh Nikpay discusses two research papers about picking health insurance plans: why we're bad at it and why so many uninsured Americans who are eligible for low cost plans don't sign up.Featuring:Sayeh Nikpay, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of MinnesotaFor complete complete transcript of this conversation: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/10/13/research-corner-picking-health-insurance-plans/Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More than 130 hospitals have closed in rural America over the last decade. Reporter Sarah Jane Tribble spent a year embedded in one small Kansas town as they dealt with their own hospital closure.Guest: Sarah Jane Tribble, Senior Correspondent, Kaiser Health NewsRead a transcript of this conversation: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/10/08/losing-a-hospital/Hear more of Sarah Jane's reporting about Fort Scott on the first season of Where It Hurts: whereithurts.showSign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the Supreme Court begins a new term, all eyes are on the ACA. But lurking in the wonky backwaters is another case with big implications for state health innovations and regulations.Guest: Erin Fuse Brown, Associate Professor of Law; Director, Center for Law, Health & Society, Georgia State UniversityFor a complete transcript of this conversation: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/10/06/the-other-scotus-health-care-case/Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Although health care consumed nearly one-third of the first presidential debate, the conversation left a lot to be desired. We asked a couple of experts to outline the key health policy questions they wish the candidates had covered. Amitabh Chandra, PhD, Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy, Harvard UniversityPreeti Malani, MD, Chief Health Officer, University of MichiganFor a complete transcript of this conversation: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/10/01/debate-do-over/Explore the candidates' health policy positions, what we know about them, plus expert analysis: https://tradeoffs.org/trumpbiden/ Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2020 election was supposed to be all about health care. Then 2020 happened. We check the latest polling on voters' attitudes on health care this election season.Guest: Ashley Kirzinger, Associate Director of Public Opinion and Survey Research, Kaiser Family FoundationRead a transcript of the episode and see chart's detailing KFF's latest polling on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/09/29/shifting-concerns/ Explore the candidates' health policy positions, what we know about them, plus expert analysis: https://tradeoffs.org/trumpbiden/ Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We ask the experts about Biden's plans to increase COVID-19 testing, shore up PPE and supply chains, and institute a national mask mandate. The seventh and final episode in a special two-week series on health care and the presidential election, examining the health policy goals, actions and impacts of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.Guests: Brooke Nichols, PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Health, Boston University School of Public healthNicolette Louissaint, PhD, Executive Director, Healthcare ReadyLeana Wen, MD, Emergency Physician and Public Health Professor, George Washington UniversityExplore the candidates' health policy positions, what we know about them, plus expert analysis: https://tradeoffs.org/trumpbiden/ Read a transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/09/24/biden-and-covid-19/ Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe Biden has big plans to build on the Affordable Care Act. How close will they get us to universal coverage? The sixth episode in a special two-week series on health care and the presidential election, examining the health policy goals, actions and impacts of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.Guest: Christine Eibner, PhD, Senior Economist, RAND CorporationExplore the candidates' health policy positions, what we know about them, plus expert analysis: https://tradeoffs.org/trumpbiden/ Read a transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/09/22/biden-and-the-aca/Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.