America's Healthcare Advocate

I've wanted to do this show for a long time. It's personal to me. This is on what I call the big four weight loss drugs. Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and Mountjaro. And the reason I wanted to do this show was because I was struggling with some weight issues and went to see my primary care doc, and she goes, well, let's just go ahead and give you Wegovy. And I thought, you know, I think I'm going to g...

There’s a lot of chatter out there. That's about the best way I can put it about what's going to happen with ACA. And, you know, I'm seeing pieces in the media that are portraying what's going to occur and the changes that are going to happen and how they're going to impact people, and unfortunately, there's a lot of false narrative out there. So I'm going to I'm going to explain where we're at on...

Today my friend and guest is Philip Sarnecki a Kansas businessman, a job creator, a husband, and father who rose from humble beginnings (the son of a janitor and a secretary) who then built one of the nation’s largest financial services companies and has led businesses that today employ nearly 1,000 people across multiple industries. Plus, he has great plans for the state of Kansas, and we discuss...

Barron Roberts is my expert today on this Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas City update show. How will it play out for all of you out there in the audience for your coverage in '26? We will cover the individual side and what Blue Cross is doing to lead the way. They're actually going to have premium reductions on the individual side, and we'll talk about what are the answers to the employers out there...

Today we learn about Bexa : A Revolutionary Early Detection Option that Dr. Monique Gary tells me is closing the gap and delivering peace of mind. Dr Gary says women have been in need of another early detection option and reminds us that to many women delay routine exams or avoid them all together. But unlike the common experience, Bexa is accurate and pain free and companies should include this b...

By 2033, the Medicare Hospital Trust Fund will be unable to pay full benefits. More people are retiring and fewer workers are replacing them and there is a huge amount of waste and fraud in administering Medicare. They waste $50-$60 Billion per year with improper payments according to there own numbers. I will give you the details as well as my suggestions for solutions solutions. This is an impor...

Free referral services in the industry really aren’t free. My guest Steve Kuker is a veteran placement expert who exposes exactly how they work. These are at best a conflict of interest and Steve is pushing for our federal regulators to act because, as an example, in real estate you must disclose how much commission the realtor makes on the transaction… why isn’t there the same requirement for the...

Focus Hearing's Shannon Schneller joins and this time brings testimonials from Len Randazzo of Cumulus Media and over very own video producer Dave Thiessen and along with myself, we all three share the good the bad and all things related to getting a hearing aid and we all then compare it to the experience at Focus Hearing, who know how to do it right. In this episode you will find out what you sh...

It's a very interesting Multi-Topic show : Today we Separate Fact from Fiction and dive into the claim that 7.8 Million will Lose Medicaid and what will really happen . We also d iscuss how ACA/Obamacare recipients who pay less due to a subsity based on low income will be required to provide a tax return to prove income. Then we hear from a listener from the west cost explain why s he happily paid...

Employees love it: “This is the only benefit my employer really provides” and Employers think it’s great and it is the result of wanting to both solve healthcare challenges for members while giving employers lower costs, less absenteeism, healthier teams . We talk to the founder and CEO, Dr. Van Der Veer whose frustration with traditional healthcare led to creating a better way. Hy-Vee Health Exem...

This week Dr Carson , Dr Firouz Daneshgari and Dr Andersen join us on America’s Healthcare Advocate. What do these 3 Doctors have to do with the Future of your Health ? We will cover everything from helping people regain the ability to walk again, stopping pain and fixing neuropathy all with noninvasive treatments to how it’s done, why it works and what is next in health. Here are some examples: D...

New options, Spira Care and Care Guides from BlueKC and we dive deep into Employer options for Employee Benefits available right now and what's coming up. This is a Broker show for sure, and if you are a business owner in the Kansas City Metro, you'll want to hear this too! Director of Large Group, Maggie Parker and Vice President of Spira Care Anna Finnegan are on this show with details, tips and...

Today, we're going to explore the parallels between two core human pursuits, prosperity and longevity. These have long been the goals of individual societies and political systems. Since the dawn of humanity, we have sought systems that offer comfort and freedom to pursue our desires. We now define that broadly as prosperity Today, Dr. Firouz Daneshgari (Dr Bowtie) and I are going to explore the p...

Our Turning Lives Around series features my guest Matt Thomas : : “I grew up I grew up in a pretty rough environment. My house was pretty rough. My mom, bless her heart, was an alcoholic and my dad wasn't around.” Coupled with not such a great environment, Matt started getting in trouble at a really young age, spent time in juvenile hall and all his teenage years in a home for wayward boys, a goth...

Is the reason you don’t want to go see your grandkids (or family, friends) because you can’t hear a damn thing they are saying? Welcome to The Hearing Show . I'm Cary Hall, America's Healthcare Advocate and I wear a hearing aid. My returning guest is an expert on all things “hearing aid”, Shannon Schnellner , the owner of Focus Hearing in Overland Park, Ks. If you or someone you know wants to know...

My guest from the PainLab at Brand New Day in Lenexa, Ks is Dr. Arden Andersen, and he is no stranger to the show. In fact, this is our 3rd visit with him and today he brings with him patient Tony Bardo who tells us of his truly amazing journey from a hopeless loss of mobility 4 years ago to a 50% improvement after only one week at Brand New Day. To help e xplain the process and the tech is Dr Kei...

My guest, Ron Hoyler is a diabetes Educator for St. Luke's hospital in the Kansas City metro, and he tells us "once you have diabetes you're at a greater risk for not just dementia, but the complications from dementia. Some of the specific, diseases that come under the dementia umbrella, like Alzheimer's, but cognitive impairment in general, you know, that fog that you'll sometimes hear it called...

In this edition of our Health of Our Communities series, important employer health benefit tips from Maria Ahlers, President of RPS Benefits by Design; and our special guest, Brian Morris, president of Leadercast has "2025 Legacy of Impact" information that can help the long term health of your business! Plus, details of the upcoming Leadercast event on April 8th in Kansas City! Get tickets at our...

Dr. Arden Andersen works at Brand New Day specialty center in Kansas City where they are using a new approach to non-invasive stimulation to help clients regain mobility, improve neurological conditions, and get past neuropathy, stubborn wounds that aren’t healing , and other physical limitations. And they do it with no medications, no injections, just non-invasive stimulation. If you are like me,...

Join me as we lay out how to start, what to choose and what are your options. My expert guest is Carolee Steele from RPS Benefits by Design . Learn more: 877-385-2224 https://www.rpsbenefitsbydesigninc.com/

My guest is Detego Health's CEO Richard Haldeman : "We are focused on the small employer and the individual 1099 workers who have been priced out of standard health care company pricing as well as the ACA/Obamacare plans". Richard is extraordinarily qualified to make this happen... and is in fact making it happen already. Brokers, this show is for you! But, it’s also for the small business employe...

We continue our deep dive into Claims, Health Insurance Cost and Care Denied, and why this is happening right now and follow up our previous discussion that premiered 12/26/24 https://youtu.be/tycXROkV6IQ . Joining me in the studio is John Stockton . John has 35 years of employee benefits, health insurance experience. John is a health care innovator and a leader that has spent his entire career in...

On the show today, we will discuss a partnership between Bowtie Medical and Detego Health . So, if you're a broker, or if you're an employer of any size business, I don't care if you've got 10 employees, 100 employees or 200 employees, you're going to want to listen to this because this is a different way, to get health insurance and Dr Firouz Daneshgari is back on my show to lay it all out for us...

A deep dive into Claims, Health Insurance Cost and Care Denied, and why this is happening right now. Today’s show is one that, I think needed to be done. And there are probably a lot of people who are not going to like some of the things I'm going to say, but it needs to be said. I want to talk about the murder, the murder of Brian Thompson, the CEO of United HealthCare. And I want to talk about w...

In this episode we're going to talk about Bowtie Medical and the different product model that is being brought to market by Bowtie Health. Our returning guest, Doctor Firouz Daneshgari is the CEO, founder and president of Bowtie Medical. Here is what he says: "As you know, this show is post the election of President Trump and his, ambitious goals to change the direction America has taken. Right no...