Medicare For All Explained

This is episode 40, "Join the Fight." My guest, Chrissy Holt, has a Masters of Science in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics and is a seasoned businesswoman who has lived or worked in North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Australia, and England. Her 30-year career has varied from CareerBuilder to Disney Institute now, and she has held multiple leadership positions. Her role the Dis...

This is episode 39, “How Medicare Integrated Hospitals.” It is a special episode to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the passage of Medicare on July 30, 1965. My guest, Dr. Barbara Berney, MPH, PhD, produced the documentary, “Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution.” The film describes how the creation of Medicare was used to desegregate thousands of hospitals in a few months.  He...

This is episode 38, “Health Inequality and Physical Structure.” My guest, Gracie Himmelstein, and her sister, Kathryn Himmelstein, MD, cowrote a paper, " Inequality Set in Concrete ," which examines how unequal hospital facilities and capital assets contribute to ongoing racial disparities in health. Gracie is an MD candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and a PhD candidate in D...

This is episode 37, “A Living Wage Home Cleaning Company and COVID-19.” My guest, Aaron Seyedian, is originally from a small town in Western New York and has lived in the Washington, DC area for nearly 15 years. He created Well-Paid Maids to help bolster the living-wage movement by demonstrating that living-wage businesses can be successful in traditionally low-paying industries. Prior to founding...