Tradeoffs

The cosponsor of Colorado’s recently withdrawn public option bill shares what it was like to go from being on the eve of major health reform to the brink of an economic and health care catastrophe. Guest: Kerry Donovan , State Senator, Colorado District 5 For more information about Colorado's public option legislation:  https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/14/bill-interrupted/ To stay on top of all...

America’s public health agencies are fighting the coronavirus with phones and faxes rather than the real-time data they desperately need. Guests: Janet Hamilton, Executive Director, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Richard Danila, Deputy Epidemiologist for the state of Minnesota Katie O’Donnell, Larimer County Health Department Arien Malec, former federal health IT official Julia A...

Inside one county's efforts to use contact tracing to flatten the COVID-19 curve. Guest: Tair Kiphibane, nurse, director of the infectious disease bureau in Salt Lake County, Utah. For more information about contact tracing:  https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/07/disease-detectives/ To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being force...

What happened to Medicaid during the last recession? And what can that teach us going into the next one? Guests: MaryAnne Lindeblad , Washington State Medicaid Director Tom Betlach , Former Arizona Medicaid Director Ben Sommers , MD, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Economics, Harvard Helen Levy , PhD, Research Professor, University of Michigan School Get more information and read the transcrip...

The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that insurers are owed $12 billion for losses they incurred in the early days of the Affordable Care Act. What are the origins and implications of this case? Guests: Larry Levitt, Executive Vice President for Health Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation For more of our conversation with Larry:  https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/30/risk-corridors To stay on top of all...

The coronavirus is straining our primary care system. But, for some, the situation is starting to look more robust. Guests: Chuck Jones , President and CEA, Harbor Health For more information about how primary care services are faring in this climate, visit  https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/28/primary-care-on-the-mend/ To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conver...

Millions of Americans have recently lost their health insurance along with their jobs. What should be done to help them stay covered during this crisis? Guests: Mayra Jimenez Chris Holt , Director of Health Care Policy, American Action Forum Jon Gruber , Professor of Economics, MIT Jill Berk , Senior Researcher, Mathematica For more information about COBRA v ACA:  https://tradeoffs.org/2020/0...

How COVID-19 is threatening one man’s decades-long battle for sobriety and stability. Guest: Antonio Matthews Get more information and read the transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/21/getting-on-the-bus/ See all of our coronavirus coverage here: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Support our show:  https://tradeoffs.org/donate Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.c...

What's the best way to convince people to practice social distancing? Guests: Syon Bhanot , PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics, Swarthmore College Susanne Schwarz Katy Milkman , PhD, Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Michael Sanders , PhD, Reader in Public Policy, Policy Institute at King’s College London Get more information and read...

In response to the coronavirus, experts are designing plans to ration resources and determine who should get care before someone else.  Guests: Douglas White , Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Samuel Bagenstos , Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Marie Baldiserri , Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsbur...

Many older adults were already lonely and isolated before this crisis began. How are they faring now and what’s being done to help them? Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/09/what-keeps-me-up-at-night/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Is the coronavirus situation in San Francisco calm enough that one of its top hospitals could start sending doctors to help New York City? Guest: Bob Wachter , Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/08/cc-wachter-3 See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitt...

Is it a good idea for hospitals to send patients recovering from COVID-19 to nursing homes? Guests: David Grabowski , PhD, Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Rachel Werner , MD, PhD, Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania Get more information and read the transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/03/after-the...

A look at the experiences of patients in an ICU, who, due to new hospital policies, are unable to see family. Guest: Daniela Lamas, a pulmonary and critical care doctor at the Brigham & Women's Hospital. Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/02/cc-lamas/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoff...

A view from inside a hospital at the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak in New York City. Guest: Dr. David Reich, President and Chief Operating Officer, Mount Sinai Hospital Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/31/cc-reich See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See a...

A doctor worries about the care her patients won't get because of the coronavirus. Guest: Dr. Amy Richardson, OB-GYN Read the transcript: h https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/28/cc-richardson/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the coronavirus takes her job and her insurance along with it, a woman living with a chronic condition navigates her new reality. Guests: Mayra Jimenez and Linda White Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/27/cc-jimenez/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast....

We check in again with Bob Wachter and find out how one hospital is dealing with difficult decisions in the wake of the coronavirus. Guest: Bob Wachter , Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/26/cc-wachter-2 See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:&nb...

The coronavirus pandemic is putting a serious strain on the country's primary care system. Guests: Michaela Keller , Manager, Federal Affairs, National Association of Community Health Centers Chuck Jones , President and CEO, Harbor Health Services Farzad Mostashari , MD, Co-founder and CEO, Aledade Meredith Rosenthal , PhD, Professor of Health Economics and Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Publ...

Every year on Match Day, thousands of medical students find out where they will continue their medical training as residents. The U.S. spends billions each year on those residencies, so why aren't we getting the doctors we need where we need them? Guests: Candice Chen , MD, MPH, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at George Washington University Ted Epperly , MD,...

How do you take care of "the old, the poor and the sick" during a global pandemic? Guest: Chris Chen , CEO ChenMed Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/19/cc-chen/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As coronavirus closes down her café, a small business owner reckons with mounting financial challenges. Guest: Pam Gueldner , co-owner of Manndible Cafe Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/18/cc-gueldner/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

How one hospital is dealing with difficult decisions in the wake of the coronavirus. Guest: Bob Wachter , Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/17/cc-wachter/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Ac...

Dan joins a group of neighbors for their “social distance” stoop party and hears how they are experiencing this outbreak so far. Guest: Alison Buttenheim , Associate Professor of Nursing and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Even public health experts are struggling to make the right decisions on whether to cancel plans in the midst of the coronavirus. Guests: Alison Buttenheim , Associate Professor of Nursing and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/12/cc-buttenheim/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitt...