Tradeoffs

How are educators and families navigating what we know, and don’t know, about the risks of restarting school during a pandemic? Guest, Emily Oster , Professor of Economics, Brown University For complete complete transcript of this conversation: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/09/01/learning-as-we-go Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get the latest research from experts and recommendations from our s...

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As medical interns step into their new roles as doctors, one resident gives us a window into her experiences in a COVID ICU.  Guest: Tamar Pounardjian, Resident, Brown Medical School, Internal Medicine Residency Program Read a transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/30/life-in-the-icu/ Get Tradeoffs in your inbox every Friday with our weekly newsletter:  http://bit.ly/trade...

Soaring numbers of Americans are feeling anxious, stressed and depressed. Could a reimagined approach to primary care help meet their needs? Eboni Winford , PhD, Director of Research and Health Equity, Cherokee Health Systems Parinda Khatri , PhD, Chief Clinical Officer, Cherokee Health Systems Sandy Blount , EdD, Founding Director, Center for Integrated Primary Care, University of Massachusetts M...

Five months into the global pandemic and with just over 100 days before the general election, we check in with the latest polling on how voters are feeling about health care in the U.S. Guest: Ashley Kirzinger , Associate Director of Public Opinion and Survey Research, Kaiser Family Foundation Read the transcript and see charts detailing the latest polling from KFF on our website: https://tradeoff...

Will this be the end of fee-for-service? How should we price a COVID-19 vaccine? Bapu Jena and Sayeh Nikpay answer audience questions about the pandemic. Guests: Sayeh Nikpay , PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Bapu Jena , MD, PhD, Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor of Medicine, Massach...

Insurers have been on strong financial footing during the pandemic while doctors, hospitals and consumers have not been as lucky. Two researchers give us a behind the scenes looks at what insurers have experienced these past four months. Guest, Linda Blumberg , Fellow, Urban Institute  Kevin Lucia , Research Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University For more from Dan’s...

The Trump administration recently rolled back some federal protections for transgender patients. We look at the fight to secure health care for trans Americans and explore the extent to which policies designed to expand access have delivered on their promise. Guests: Kellan Baker , PhD, Centennial Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Melvin Whitehead , PhD, Assistant Professor...

President Trump says the U.S. is leaving the World Health Organization. What it might mean for public health in the U.S. and the world. Guest: Lawrence Gostin , Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Read a transcript of the episode and learn more about the WHO on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/09/leaving-the-who/ Stay on top of all our coverage of the cor...

A recent court decision upheld federal rules requiring hospitals and insurers to post prices. But will price transparency lower the cost of health care? Guest, Margot Sanger-Katz, Health Care Reporter, New York Times For more from Dan’s conversation with Margot, https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/07/the-price-of-care/ And stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations...

Physician and economist Bapu Jena discusses a pair of interesting new health policy research papers with implications for COVID-19, primary care and more.  Guest: Bapu Jena , MD, PhD, Harvard economist and physician Read the episode transcript and find links to the research: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/02/research-corner-masks-flint Stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak an...

Medical interns across the nation are starting their first days as doctors. One resident's hopes and fears before her first shift in the COVID ICU.  Guest: Tamar Pounardjian, Resident, Brown Medical School, Internal Medicine Residency Program For more of Tamar's story: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/30/becoming-a-doctor/ And stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conve...

With COVID-19 cases surging across the nation, how can Americans fight their coronavirus fatigue while staying safe? Guest, Ashish Jha , Director, Harvard Global Health Institute More about Ashish and some of the research we used for this episode: https://bit.ly/2B9WxLP And stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to ma...

As the opioid crisis continues to ravage the country, some states are turning to controversial laws that force people into treatment. Are they part of the solution or could they make things worse? This episode originally ran on Jan. 2, 2020. Guests: Dr. Abhishek Jain , forensic psychiatrist Rep. Lauren Davis , Washington state Merredith Cunniff , nurse, advocate and former civil commitment patient...

The Supreme Court says the Trump administration can’t end DACA, for now. What the decision means to one DACA recipient caring for those most vulnerable to COVID-19. Guest: Esmeralda Tovar-Mora; Mental Health Case Manager, Nursing Home Medication Aide, DACA Recipient Read the transcript and see photos of Esmeralda and her family: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/19/daca/ To stay on top of all our...

A top World Health Organization official sparked controversy earlier this month when she said cases of asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 spreading the virus are “very rare.” Bloomberg senior editor Jason Gale digs into what we know — and don’t know — about asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19, also known as “silent spreaders.” Guests:  Jason Gale , Senior Editor, Bloomberg News Dr. Sanjaya...

The average doctor does more than 200,000 patient interviews in their career, making communication one of the most common procedures in medicine. How are we training providers for this and are those efforts working? This episode originally aired on Nov. 13, 2019.   Get more content and resources on our website:  https://bit.ly/tradeoffsep3   To stay on top of all our coverage o...

New data suggest undocumented immigrants aren't being tested enough for COVID-19. What's standing in the way, and what's being done to address it? Guests:  Ana Matt Notowidigdo , PhD, University of Chicago Poverty Lab Samantha Artiga , Director, Disparities Policy Project, Kaiser Family Foundation Dawn Mautner, MD, MS, Medical Director, Oregon State Medicaid; Senior Health Advisor, Oregon Hea...

Early in the pandemic, California was conducting just 2,000 coronavirus tests a day. Now the state is up to 60,000. How did they ramp up testing so quickly? Guests:  Bob Kocher , Partner, Venrock Charity Dean, Assistant Director of the California Department of Public Health Paul Markovich , President of Blue Shield of California For more about California’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak:&n...

A new, more conservative Supreme Court is about to rule on its first major cases involving reproductive health and rights. We review the cases and their consequences. Guest:  Mary Ziegler , JD, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor of Law, Florida State University For more about these two cases:  https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/04/without-precedent/ To stay on top of all our coverage o...

As the nation responds to the police killing of George Floyd, we explore the public health impacts of police violence and what a public health response could look like. Guest: Rhea Boyd , MD, MPH, pediatrician and police violence researcher Read the transcript and learn more on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/02/police-violence/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffsp...

With their business models upended by the coronavirus, hospitals are dusting off a decades-old idea: hospitalize patients in their own homes. Guests:  Bruce Leff , MD, Director, The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Johns Hopkins Travis Messina , MBA, Cofounder and CEO, Contessa Kavita Patel , MD, MPH, Nonresident Fellow, Brookings Institution Raphael Rakowski , Cofounder and CEO,...

Sites known as preprint servers post cutting-edge research in mere days. That speed has advantages during a health crisis, but it also comes with risks. Guest:  Richard Sever, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press For more about preprints visit:  https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/26/science-under-pressure/ To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations wit...

Requiring face masks in public during COVID-19 may be a good public health move but it may also be putting some people's health at risk. Guest:  Dr. Gabriel Felix, Psychiatry Resident at Cambridge Health Alliance For more of Gabriel’s story:  https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/21/masking-problems/ To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people...

Some scientists argue we should intentionally infect volunteers with the coronavirus to get a vaccine sooner. How would it work? Guests: Lehua Gray,  Challenge Trial Volunteer Seema Shah , JD, Associate Director of Research Ethics, Lurie Children’s Hospital Zeb Jamrozik , MD, PhD, Monash Bioethics Centre Anna Durbin , MD, Professor of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Pu...