Tradeoffs
Tradeoffs

Tradeoffs

Tradeoffs

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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.


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Recent Episodes

A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
DEC 4, 2025
A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America

A group of nurses in Baltimore wants to bring basic care to every person in a neighborhood regardless of age, health, income or insurance.


Can this idea from abroad take root in the United States?


Guests:

Dawn Alley, PhD, Head of Scale, IMPaCT Care

Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Ariadne Labs

Regina Hammond, Founder, Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood Organization

Chris Koller, President, Milbank Memorial Fund

Terry Lindsay, Community Health Worker, Sisters Together and Reaching, Inc. (STAR)

Sarah Szanton, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing; Founder, Neighborhood Nursing


Learn more and read a full transcript on our website.


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One Economist’s Plan to Blow Up America’s Health Insurance System
NOV 27, 2025
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Homeless Camp Sweeps Can Harm Health. Some Cities Are Trying a New Way.
NOV 20, 2025
Homeless Camp Sweeps Can Harm Health. Some Cities Are Trying a New Way.

Several cities and counties are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.


Guests:

  • Josh Barocas, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Marc Dones, Policy Director, Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, University of California San Francisco
  • Ryan Levi, Managing Editor, Tradeoffs
  • Matt Mahan, Mayor, City of San Jose
  • Jazmine Mapes
  • Peter Radu, Neighborhood Services Manager, City of Berkeley


Learn more and read a full transcript on our website.


Help us unlock a $5,000 match by becoming one of 200 new donors at tradeoffs.org/donate.


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Rising Costs, Fewer Choices: What’s Up with Medicare Drug Plans?
NOV 13, 2025
Rising Costs, Fewer Choices: What’s Up with Medicare Drug Plans?

Facing mounting financial pressures, insurance companies are changing the prescription drug coverage available to many consumers in Medicare Part D.


Guests:


Learn more and read a full transcript on our website.


If you know someone on Medicare, please encourage them to give their coverage a closer look before open enrollment ends on Dec. 7! People can find unbiased enrollment counseling through the federal SHIP program or review their options on Medicare.gov.


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