Tradeoffs

Surprise medical bills have become a major issue for Americans, but federal legislation to protect consumers continues to stall. Is Congress getting closer to halting this practice?Guest: Nicholas Bagley, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann ArborLearn more about how surprise bills work and proposals to curtail them, along with a transcript of the episode on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/09/03/an-unpleasant-surpriseGet more Tradeoffs in your inbox every Friday with our weekly newsletter: http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterAnd stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How are educators and families navigating what we know, and don’t know, about the risks of restarting school during a pandemic?Guest,Emily Oster, Professor of Economics, Brown UniversityFor complete complete transcript of this conversation: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/09/01/learning-as-we-goSign up for our weekly newsletter to get the latest research from experts and recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterAnd stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a busy couple of weeks, and we want to tell you all about it! New episodes are coming September 1st.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: tradeoffs.orgFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As medical interns step into their new roles as doctors, one resident gives us a window into her experiences in a COVID ICU.Guest: Tamar Pounardjian, Resident, Brown Medical School, Internal Medicine Residency ProgramRead a transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/30/life-in-the-icu/Get Tradeoffs in your inbox every Friday with our weekly newsletter: http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterAnd stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Soaring numbers of Americans are feeling anxious, stressed and depressed. Could a reimagined approach to primary care help meet their needs?Eboni Winford, PhD, Director of Research and Health Equity, Cherokee Health SystemsParinda Khatri, PhD, Chief Clinical Officer, Cherokee Health SystemsSandy Blount, EdD, Founding Director, Center for Integrated Primary Care, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolRichard Frank, PhD, Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Economics, Harvard Medical SchoolRobert, Patient, Cherokee Health SystemsDig deeper into the research and tradeoffs of integrated care on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/28/meeting-the-mental-health-need/Get more Tradeoffs in your inbox every Friday with our weekly newsletter: http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterAnd to stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Five months into the global pandemic and with just over 100 days before the general election, we check in with the latest polling on how voters are feeling about health care in the U.S.Guest:Ashley Kirzinger, Associate Director of Public Opinion and Survey Research, Kaiser Family FoundationRead the transcript and see charts detailing the latest polling from KFF on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/23/summer-concerns/Get more Tradeoffs in your inbox every Friday with our weekly newsletter: http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterAnd stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will this be the end of fee-for-service? How should we price a COVID-19 vaccine? Bapu Jena and Sayeh Nikpay answer audience questions about the pandemic.Guests:Sayeh Nikpay, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt UniversityBapu Jena, MD, PhD, Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General HospitalRead a transcript of the episode on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/21/listener-mailbag/Get more Tradeoffs in your inbox every Friday with our weekly newsletter: http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterAnd stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Insurers have been on strong financial footing during the pandemic while doctors, hospitals and consumers have not been as lucky. Two researchers give us a behind the scenes looks at what insurers have experienced these past four months.Guest,Linda Blumberg, Fellow, Urban Institute Kevin Lucia, Research Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown UniversityFor more from Dan’s conversation with Linda and Kevin, https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/16/taking-the-pulse-of-insurers/And stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Trump administration recently rolled back some federal protections for transgender patients. We look at the fight to secure health care for trans Americans and explore the extent to which policies designed to expand access have delivered on their promise.Guests: Kellan Baker, PhD, Centennial Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMelvin Whitehead, PhD, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs Administration, Binghamton UniversityKatie Keith, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown LawTaylor Brown, Staff Attorney, ACLU LGBT & HIV ProjectRead a transcript of the episode, see maps of which states offer legal protections to transgender patients, and more on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/14/core-to-who-i-am/ Get more Tradeoffs in your inbox every Friday with our weekly newsletter: http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Trump says the U.S. is leaving the World Health Organization. What it might mean for public health in the U.S. and the world.Guest: Lawrence Gostin, Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health LawRead a transcript of the episode and learn more about the WHO on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/09/leaving-the-who/Stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs. Get more Tradeoffs in your inbox every Friday with our weekly newsletter: http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.