
Tradeoffs
Tradeoffs is an award-winning nonprofit news organization on a mission to help America have smarter, more honest health policy conversations.Tradeoffs explores the toughest choices in health care, diving into issues like the cost of care, health equity, insurance, mental health and artificial intelligence. We connect policy to practice, uncovering the data and personal stories that help audiences understand the stakes — and the potential solutions.Learn more about us, find transcripts for each episode and additional reporting at https://tradeoffs.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Jun 4, 2020 • 11min
Without Precedent
A new, more conservative Supreme Court is about to rule on its first major cases involving reproductive health and rights. We review the cases and their consequences.Guest: Mary Ziegler, JD, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor of Law, Florida State UniversityFor more about these two cases: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/04/without-precedent/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.

Jun 2, 2020 • 14min
It Takes A Toll
As the nation responds to the police killing of George Floyd, we explore the public health impacts of police violence and what a public health response could look like.Guest: Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, pediatrician and police violence researcherRead the transcript and learn more on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/02/police-violence/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 28, 2020 • 14min
Home Sweet Hospital
With their business models upended by the coronavirus, hospitals are dusting off a decades-old idea: hospitalize patients in their own homes.Guests: Bruce Leff, MD, Director, The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Johns HopkinsTravis Messina, MBA, Cofounder and CEO, ContessaKavita Patel, MD, MPH, Nonresident Fellow, Brookings InstitutionRaphael Rakowski, Cofounder and CEO, Medically HomeDavid Zaas, MD, MBA, President, Duke Raleigh HopsitalFor more about hospital care at home: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/28/home-sweet-hospital/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.

May 26, 2020 • 11min
Science Under Pressure
Sites known as preprint servers post cutting-edge research in mere days. That speed has advantages during a health crisis, but it also comes with risks.Guest: Richard Sever, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory PressFor more about preprints visit: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/26/science-under-pressure/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.

May 21, 2020 • 10min
Masking Problems
Requiring face masks in public during COVID-19 may be a good public health move but it may also be putting some people's health at risk.Guest: Dr. Gabriel Felix, Psychiatry Resident at Cambridge Health AllianceFor more of Gabriel’s story: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/21/masking-problems/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.

May 19, 2020 • 10min
The Home Run Approach
Some scientists argue we should intentionally infect volunteers with the coronavirus to get a vaccine sooner. How would it work?Guests:Lehua Gray, Challenge Trial VolunteerSeema Shah, JD, Associate Director of Research Ethics, Lurie Children’s HospitalZeb Jamrozik, MD, PhD, Monash Bioethics CentreAnna Durbin, MD, Professor of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthLearn more about human challenge trials and read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/19/challenge-trialsTo 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 https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 14, 2020 • 9min
Bill, Interrupted
The cosponsor of Colorado’s recently withdrawn public option bill shares what it was like to go from being on the eve of major health reform to the brink of an economic and health care catastrophe.Guest:Kerry Donovan, State Senator, Colorado District 5For more information about Colorado's public option legislation: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/14/bill-interrupted/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.

May 12, 2020 • 13min
What the Fax?
America’s public health agencies are fighting the coronavirus with phones and faxes rather than the real-time data they desperately need.Guests:Janet Hamilton, Executive Director, Council of State and Territorial EpidemiologistsRichard Danila, Deputy Epidemiologist for the state of MinnesotaKatie O’Donnell, Larimer County Health DepartmentArien Malec, former federal health IT officialJulia Adler-Milstein, Professor of Medicine at UCSFFor more information about the state of the data driving testing, tracing and surveillance: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/12/what-the-faxTo 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.

May 7, 2020 • 9min
Disease Detectives
Inside one county's efforts to use contact tracing to flatten the COVID-19 curve.Guest: Tair Kiphibane, nurse, director of the infectious disease bureau in Salt Lake County, Utah.For more information about contact tracing: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/07/disease-detectives/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.

May 5, 2020 • 13min
The Medicaid Cliff
What happened to Medicaid during the last recession? And what can that teach us going into the next one?Guests:MaryAnne Lindeblad, Washington State Medicaid DirectorTom Betlach, Former Arizona Medicaid DirectorBen Sommers, MD, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Economics, HarvardHelen Levy, PhD, Research Professor, University of Michigan SchoolGet more information and read the transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/05/medicaid-recession/See all of our coronavirus coverage here: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/Support our show: https://tradeoffs.org/donateFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.