Some patients’ lives are so complicated by trauma, poverty and other social problems that routine conditions like diabetes and asthma regularly turn into $10,000 hospital visits. America’s health care leaders have spent years trying to help this small but costly group of patients. What have they learned?
Guests:
Jeff Brenner, MD, CEO, The Jewish Board
Arthur Brown, Client, Camden Coalition
Amy Finkelstein, PhD, Professor of Economics, MIT; Co-Scientific Director, J-PAL North America
Allison Hamblin, MSPH, President and CEO, Center for Health Care Strategies
Paula Lantz, PhD, Professor of Health Policy, University of Michigan
Larry Moore, Client, Camden Coalition
Kathleen Noonan, JD, President and CEO, Camden Coalition
Dottie Scott, Community Health Worker, Camden Coalition
Brian Thompson, Housing Coordinator, Camden Coalition
Leslie Walker, Senior Producer/Reporter, Tradeoffs
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One doctor debates whether to work for the nation's largest insurance company after it purchased the independent practice she worked for in Oregon.
Guest:
Gwen O'Keefe, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, OHSU
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As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.
Guest:
Sandy E. James, JD, PhD, Lead Researcher, 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey
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Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and Latina girls get left behind?
Guests:
Monica Bhatt, PhD, Senior Research Director, University of Chicago Education Lab
Sheretta Butler-Barnes, PhD, Professor, Washington University
Kathleen Ethier, PhD, Director, CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health
Ngozi Harris, LCPC, Working on Womanhood Director of Program and Staff Development, Youth Guidance
Shekinah Jackson, Working on Womanhood Participant
Nora-Lisa Malloy, Working on Womanhood Counselor, Youth Guidance
Heidi Sipe, EdS, Superintendent, Umatilla School District (OR)
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Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting about the prices.
Guest:
Benjamin Chartock, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics, Bentley University
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