<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hey there. It’s a great time to support our work. Right now, every gift gets matched! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/ " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here’s where to do it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from the archive – a story about giving – and bringing you an update.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 1980, a young father named Denny Buehler was battling leukemia and needed to travel from Cincinnati to Seattle for treatment. To raise the money, his friends and family threw a softball tournament.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Denny passed away a few months later. But his friends and family turned the softball tournament into a beloved tradition, and a chance to give back. For more than 40 years, they’d host the games and sell hot dogs to raise money for people in the area who needed help with medical expenses.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then in 2019, the &lt;a href="https://www.dennybuehler.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Denny Beuhler Memorial Fund&lt;/a&gt; found a way to make the money they’d fundraise go a hundred times farther. Literally.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inspired by a segment on &lt;em&gt;Last Week Tonight&lt;/em&gt;, they partnered with a group to buy up old medical debt – and erase it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now in 2024, that group – now known as &lt;a href="https://unduemedicaldebt.org/mission-and-history/?utm_source=google&amp;amp;utm_medium=adgrant&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Brand&amp;amp;utm_term=undue%20medical%20debt&amp;amp;gad_source=1&amp;amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAjeW6BhBAEiwAdKltMiV7LhmRs77pC5-HQNYD_d5IVFBOOHfrlhcJ7jF0lejZmbGI9TBCdBoCqGMQAvD_BwE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Undue Medical Debt&lt;/a&gt; – has grown its influence and helped crush billions (!) in debt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WEB-TRANSCRIPT_S12-Ep09_Cincinnati-Redux-Dec-10.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Here’s a transcript of this episode&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Send your stories and questions.&lt;/a&gt; Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;And again — we’d love for you to &lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;support this show&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

From the archives: a family tragedy, a 40-year tradition, and a $1 million in medical debt erased. 

Hey there. It’s a great time to support our work. Right now, every gift gets matched! <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/ " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here’s where to do it</a>. Today we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from the archive – a story about giving – and bringing you an update.&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1980, a young father named Denny Buehler was battling leukemia and needed to travel from Cincinnati to Seattle for treatment. To raise the money, his friends and family threw a softball tournament.&nbsp; Denny passed away a few months later. But his friends and family turned the softball tournament into a beloved tradition, and a chance to give back. For more than 40 years, they’d host the games and sell hot dogs to raise money for people in the area who needed help with medical expenses.&nbsp; Then in 2019, the <a href="https://www.dennybuehler.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Denny Beuhler Memorial Fund</a> found a way to make the money they’d fundraise go a hundred times farther. Literally.&nbsp; Inspired by a segment on Last Week Tonight, they partnered with a group to buy up old medical debt – and erase it.&nbsp; Now in 2024, that group – now known as <a href="https://unduemedicaldebt.org/mission-and-history/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=adgrant&amp;utm_campaign=Brand&amp;utm_term=undue%20medical%20debt&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAjeW6BhBAEiwAdKltMiV7LhmRs77pC5-HQNYD_d5IVFBOOHfrlhcJ7jF0lejZmbGI9TBCdBoCqGMQAvD_BwE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Undue Medical Debt</a> – has grown its influence and helped crush billions (!) in debt. <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WEB-TRANSCRIPT_S12-Ep09_Cincinnati-Redux-Dec-10.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here’s a transcript of this episode</a>.&nbsp; <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Send your stories and questions.</a> Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG. And again — we’d love for you to <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">support this show</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Revisiting ‘Christmas In July’

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hey, first: This is a GREAT time to support us — right now, every gift gets matched!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click here to support us&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Longtime listeners to this show know we’ve been talking about something called “charity care” for years. Federal law requires that all nonprofit hospitals have charity care policies – that is, financial assistance policies — to reduce or remove people’s medical bills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The problem: people don’t know about it, and hospitals don’t always make it easy to access. New research suggests that the scale of this problem is huge: hospitals are failing to provide more than 14 billion dollars worth of charity care to people who qualify for it. Instead, that money becomes medical debt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://dollarfor.org/bridging-the-chasm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;That research&lt;/a&gt; comes from the nonprofit Dollar For, an organization dedicated to helping people get charity care. We’ve been talking with Dollar For’s founder, Jared Walker, &lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/dollar-for/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;for years&lt;/a&gt; –&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/badass-volunteers-help-jared-crush-medical-debt/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;following his team&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/using-charity-care-to-crush-medical-bills-six-top-tips/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;on their mission&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/the-medical-bill-negotiation-lab/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;crush medical debt&lt;/a&gt;, one charity care application at a time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jared brings us up to speed on Dollar For’s latest research, their efforts to reach hospitals, and how new programs targeting medical debt in places like North Carolina may change things.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;That new program in North Carolina is estimated to wipe out $4 billion in medical debt. We look into how it took shape.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Plus, we meet Clara, a listener who used her impressive research chops to get charity care from a hospital in New York. In the process, she crafted an expert charity care appeal letter, and shared a template with us.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use case: the hospital has denied you charity care after you applied, or offered you less than you need. &lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Claras-Appeal-Letter-Template.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Here’s the template&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, Dollar For has tons of resources, including a tool to help you quickly figure out if you qualify for help. And staff to help if you get stuck. Start here: &lt;a href="https://dollarfor.org/help/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://dollarfor.org/help/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WEB-TRANSCRIPT_S12-Ep08_Charity-Care-24_edited.docx.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here’s a transcript of this episode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Send your stories and questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Of course we’d love for you to&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;support this show&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. This month, every dollar you give gets matched dollar-for-dollar, by NewsMatch, from the Institute for Nonprofit News."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

For instance: It's a $14 billion battle.

Hey, first: This is a GREAT time to support us — right now, every gift gets matched!&nbsp;<a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to support us</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; Longtime listeners to this show know we’ve been talking about something called “charity care” for years. Federal law requires that all nonprofit hospitals have charity care policies – that is, financial assistance policies — to reduce or remove people’s medical bills.&nbsp; The problem: people don’t know about it, and hospitals don’t always make it easy to access. New research suggests that the scale of this problem is huge: hospitals are failing to provide more than 14 billion dollars worth of charity care to people who qualify for it. Instead, that money becomes medical debt. <a href="https://dollarfor.org/bridging-the-chasm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">That research</a> comes from the nonprofit Dollar For, an organization dedicated to helping people get charity care. We’ve been talking with Dollar For’s founder, Jared Walker, <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/dollar-for/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">for years</a> –&nbsp;<a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/badass-volunteers-help-jared-crush-medical-debt/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">following his team</a> <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/using-charity-care-to-crush-medical-bills-six-top-tips/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on their mission</a> to <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/the-medical-bill-negotiation-lab/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">crush medical debt</a>, one charity care application at a time.&nbsp; Jared brings us up to speed on Dollar For’s latest research, their efforts to reach hospitals, and how new programs targeting medical debt in places like North Carolina may change things.&nbsp; That new program in North Carolina is estimated to wipe out $4 billion in medical debt. We look into how it took shape.&nbsp; Plus, we meet Clara, a listener who used her impressive research chops to get charity care from a hospital in New York. In the process, she crafted an expert charity care appeal letter, and shared a template with us.&nbsp; Use case: the hospital has denied you charity care after you applied, or offered you less than you need. <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Claras-Appeal-Letter-Template.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here’s the template</a>.&nbsp; Of course, Dollar For has tons of resources, including a tool to help you quickly figure out if you qualify for help. And staff to help if you get stuck. Start here: <a href="https://dollarfor.org/help/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dollarfor.org/help/</a> <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WEB-TRANSCRIPT_S12-Ep08_Charity-Care-24_edited.docx.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here’s a transcript of this episode</a>.&nbsp; <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Send your stories and questions.</a> Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG. Of course we’d love for you to<a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> support this show</a>. This month, every dollar you give gets matched dollar-for-dollar, by NewsMatch, from the Institute for Nonprofit News." <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

New lessons from the fight for charity care

<description>&lt;p&gt;Several listeners sent us an article with the headline &lt;a href="https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/23/holden-karau-fight-health-insurance-appeal-claims-denials/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Make your health insurance cry&lt;/a&gt;, about a new AI tool to fight health insurance. We had to learn more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meet Holden Karau: a Bay Area software engineer who says she’s “trying to make health insurance suck a little bit less.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;So she’s created an AI tool to appeal insurance denials.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Her project, &lt;a href="http://fighthealthinsurance.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Fight Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, is a labor of love (she’s not earning money from it) and fueled by hatred (of insurance companies).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;It draws on her tech expertise and on her years of experience fighting health insurance: for gender-affirming care, for rehab after getting hit by a car, and even for her dog, Professor Timbit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;We talked with Holden about what it took to build the tool, how it works, and what she hopes comes next.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/S12-Ep07_Fight-with-Holden.png" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here’s a transcript of this episode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Send your stories and questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Of course we’d love for you to&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;support this show&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. This month, every dollar you give gets matched dollar-for-dollar, by NewsMatch, from the Institute for Nonprofit News.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

“I hate insurance companies,” says tech worker Holden Karau. So she made a bot to battle with them.

Several listeners sent us an article with the headline <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/23/holden-karau-fight-health-insurance-appeal-claims-denials/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Make your health insurance cry</a>, about a new AI tool to fight health insurance. We had to learn more.&nbsp; Meet Holden Karau: a Bay Area software engineer who says she’s “trying to make health insurance suck a little bit less.” So she’s created an AI tool to appeal insurance denials. Her project, <a href="http://fighthealthinsurance.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fight Health Insurance</a>, is a labor of love (she’s not earning money from it) and fueled by hatred (of insurance companies).&nbsp; It draws on her tech expertise and on her years of experience fighting health insurance: for gender-affirming care, for rehab after getting hit by a car, and even for her dog, Professor Timbit.&nbsp; We talked with Holden about what it took to build the tool, how it works, and what she hopes comes next. <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/S12-Ep07_Fight-with-Holden.png" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here’s a transcript of this episode</a>.&nbsp; <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Send your stories and questions.</a> Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG. Of course we’d love for you to<a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> support this show</a>. This month, every dollar you give gets matched dollar-for-dollar, by NewsMatch, from the Institute for Nonprofit News. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Fight health insurance — with help from AI

<description>&lt;p&gt;Something different: We talk with journalist Cara Anthony about topics that don’t always come up in conversations about the cost of health care.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;For the last four years, she’s been reporting on the public health effects of racism, violence, and intergenerational trauma in a small Missouri town.. The result: A new documentary and podcast series called &lt;a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/silence-in-sikeston/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Silence in Sikeston&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;She sat down with us to talk about the value of breaking silences and the possibility for healing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/WEB-TRANSCRIPT_S12-Ep06_Sikeston.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here’s a transcript of this episode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Send your stories and questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Of course we’d love for you to&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;support this show&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Violence, silences, and public health, with journalist Cara Anthony

Something different: We talk with journalist Cara Anthony about topics that don’t always come up in conversations about the cost of health care.&nbsp; For the last four years, she’s been reporting on the public health effects of racism, violence, and intergenerational trauma in a small Missouri town.. The result: A new documentary and podcast series called <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/silence-in-sikeston/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Silence in Sikeston</a>. &nbsp;&nbsp; She sat down with us to talk about the value of breaking silences and the possibility for healing.&nbsp; <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/WEB-TRANSCRIPT_S12-Ep06_Sikeston.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here’s a transcript of this episode</a>.&nbsp; <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Send your stories and questions.</a> Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG. Of course we’d love for you to<a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> support this show</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Can racism make you sick?

<description>&lt;p&gt;We're sharing an episode of “To See Each Other,” about a question that’s SUPER-relevant to this show:&amp;nbsp; How do we pay for long-term care, like nursing homes?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;To See Each Other aims to complicate the narrative about small-town Americans. In this new season, host George Goehl heads to Lincoln County, Wisconsin — population, 28,000-and-some. And home to a publicly-run nursing home with a 5-star quality rating from the feds.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A conservative county board plans to sell the home to a private operator, but senior citizens aren’t having it. They show up to board meetings, march in the Labor Day parade, and fight with… their last breath.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;George goes deep into questions of aging in America, public versus private versions of long-term care, and the nuts and bolts of organizing. The show aims to put you in a fighting mood, and to think differently about aging.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We're sharing an episode of “To See Each Other,” about a question that’s SUPER-relevant to this show:&nbsp; How do we pay for long-term care, like nursing homes?&nbsp;&nbsp; To See Each Other aims to complicate the narrative about small-town Americans. In this new season, host George Goehl heads to Lincoln County, Wisconsin — population, 28,000-and-some. And home to a publicly-run nursing home with a 5-star quality rating from the feds.&nbsp;&nbsp; A conservative county board plans to sell the home to a private operator, but senior citizens aren’t having it. They show up to board meetings, march in the Labor Day parade, and fight with… their last breath. George goes deep into questions of aging in America, public versus private versions of long-term care, and the nuts and bolts of organizing. The show aims to put you in a fighting mood, and to think differently about aging. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Special Feature: A Beloved Nursing Home, from “To See Each Other”

A show about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can (maybe) do about it. Hosted by award-winning reporter Dan Weissmann (Marketplace, 99 Percent Invisible, Planet Money, Reveal). <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

A show about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can (maybe) do about it. Hosted by award-winning reporter Dan Weissmann (Marketplace, 99 Percent Invisible, Planet Money, Reveal).

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