HEAL California

Code WACK!

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Code WACK! shines a light on our callous healthcare system and what we can do about it. It reveals the healthcare hassles that - far from being just annoying - threaten our peace of mind, our financial security and at times, our very lives. Join us each week as we chat about the challenges that patients and healthcare providers face, amplifying their voices and examining a range of possible solutions, including Medicare for All. Powered by HEAL California, a project of the California OneCare Education Fund, Code WACK! informs the vital discussion of healthcare reform.

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How to make health care more affordable 12.09.2019 11:09

Find out why health care costs so much -- and how Medicare for All would help. Host Brenda Gazzar and long-time consumer advocate Harry Snyder , a lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Public Health, discuss how our current healthcare system is failing us. Then, Dr. James G. Kahn , a health economics expert and emeritus professor at UC San Francisco, explains how our complicated system of public and p...

'Cruel and Stupid?' How our healthcare system affects doctors and patients 11.09.2019 12:57

Join host Brenda Gazzar as she explores how our ultra-complicated healthcare system affects doctors and their patients. Dr. Paul Song , radiation oncologist and president of Physicians for a National Health Program – California, details the everyday health insurance hassles physicians face. And Dr. Ron Birnbaum , dermatologist at the USC-Eisner Family Clinic, explains how the type of health pl...