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Conversations That Matter. This is Radical Nurse Talk, a podcast about nurses’ communication in serious situations and illness as a radical act of care. Join Dr. Patricia Strachan as she talks with nurses and others about nurses’ expertise, experience, courage, joys and frustrations in having conversations that involve serious situations and illness, loss, life-altering and unwanted change, living in uncertainty, declining health and end-of-life.
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Honest conversation from real nurses about pressing issues in healthcare today.
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New from CodeWACK! Billionaires vs. Our Benefits: Who Really Wins With Social Security Cuts?
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17:00This time on Code WACK! What would cutting off or limiting Social Security benefits – or privatizing Social Security – mean for the roughly 68 million retirees who rely on such benefits? And what could that mean for those who receive disability benefits? To break it down, we spoke with Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works, an or…
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How are YOU doing? Lifting the curtain on nurses’ grief
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50:11Throughout any given shift, regardless of the practice setting, nurses regularly provide care to individuals who are grieving or have experienced various forms of loss. But what about the nurses themselves? How are they coping? Nurses grieve too. In this episode, Cory Burdock shines a light on the often-overlooked reality of nurses’ grief, acknowle…
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New from CodeWACK! Could Trump’s GOP Budget Cuts Kill Medicaid? Breaking Down the $2.3 Trillion Threat)
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15:30This time on Code WACK! What’s at stake for Medicaid—the lifeline for millions of low-income Americans—under President Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress determined to slash spending? How would cutting Medicaid affect the more than 72 million people who rely on it for health care? And is Social Security next on the chopping block? To…
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New from CodeWACK! How Many Must Die? America’s Health Crisis
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12:35This time on Code WACK! Why are some 200,000 Americans dying each year due to issues with their health insurance and access to care? Would a single payer healthcare system put a stop to this? To find out, we interviewed Dr. James G. Kahn, an expert in health policy and economics, and advisor to Code WACK! and editor and primary blogger of Health Ju…
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New from Code WACK,Murder, Money & Medicine: The United Healthcare CEO Tragedy
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16:30This time on Code WACK! The strong reactions to the tragic murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson by alleged killer Luigi Mangione are bringing renewed attention to the abuses of for-profit health insurance. How does our complex, costly, and callous for-profit healthcare system contribute to America's high mortality rate and how many people…
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Birgit Umaigba is a registered nurse and PhD student at Queen's University's School of Nursing. She is also a thought leader, speaker, health equity advocate, nurse educator, and consultant. At the heart of her work is a commitment to integrating an equity-focused perspective into nursing, particularly in addressing the needs of Black, Indigenous, …
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New from Code WACK, Health Equity Now: Tackling Racism in Medicine with Dr. Uché Blackstock
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17:00This time on Code WACK! For the second episode in our two-part series on racism in medicine, in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, we’re asking the question: What is racially concordant care and how does it help save lives? What else can be done to reduce deadly disparities in medicine? To find out, we spoke to Dr. Uché Blackstock. Blackstock, a…
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New from Code WACK, MLK Day Special: Dismantling Racism in Medicine.
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15:00This time on Code WACK! In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality and justice for all, we welcome Dr. Uché Blackstock, author of the New York Times bestselling book “Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.” Trained as an ER physician, the Harvard Medical School graduate is founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity,…
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Advocacy at the End-of-Life: Nurses as “The Calm in the Storm”
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47:33In this heartfelt episode, Mahoganie Hines delves into the critical role of nurses in advocating for patient-centred care at the end of life. With passion and expertise, Mahoganie highlights how nurses serve as the steady presence—the calm in the storm—when patients are facing decline and when families are overwhelmed by difficult decisions. She pa…
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New from Code WACK, Can veterans really get better care outside the VA?
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14:30This time on Code WACK! How is the Department of Veterans Affairs becoming increasingly privatized and what could this mean for those who have served and sacrificed for our country? Is corporate health insurance better than the VA healthcare system - or not? How is privatization affecting the financial viability of the VA -- and what can be done to…
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New from Code WACK, The sordid financialization of America's healthcare system
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17:30This time on Code WACK! Why have U.S. administrations from both sides of the aisle chosen to privatize Medicare and how has that complicated health care for patients? How do mega insurance companies benefit as a result? How much is all this costing us, anyway? And what can we do about it?To find out, we spoke with Wendell Potter, a former health in…
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From East Africa: Leading global change in palliative care
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52:52All over the world nurses work with seriously ill patients and their families, often in significantly under resourced conditions, difficult geographies, and within diverse cultural contexts. How can these nurses be supported to optimize their relational work in serious illness? In this episode, Erin Das, a Canadian-trained advanced practice nurse b…
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New from Code WACK,A second look at the Indian Health Service: A broken promise?
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16:59THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!In the wake of the recent presidential election, we’re revisiting one of our favorite podcast episodes from 2023 about the hurdles America's Indigenous peoples face in accessing health care. What’s being done to help elder Native Americans receive culturally competent long term care? Would it surprise you to learn that relyin…
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New from Code WACK,Will Project 2025 sink traditional Medicare?
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15:30This time on Code WACK! What could another Trump presidency mean for the rise in Medicare private plans and what would that mean for patient care and financial waste in our healthcare system and for the Medicare Trust Fund? To find out, we recently interviewed Dr. Diljeet Singh, an integrative gynecologic oncologist and incoming president of Physic…
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Would you like your heart restarted if it stopped?
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44:45Have you ever asked a patient about their resuscitation preferences? Or what we refer to as code status—whether they would want their heart restarted if it stopped? Most nurses have asked this question in some form during various practice encounters. While it might seem like a straightforward inquiry, there is much more beneath the surface. In this…
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New from Code WACK,The tricks and traps of Medicare ‘Disadvantage’ plans
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16:00This time on Code WACK! Why are seniors between a rock and a hard place when choosing between various Medicare options? How do private Medicare plans, known as Medicare Advantage, limit patients’ options and why are they considered riskier than traditional Medicare? And what's the ‘Medigap Trap?’To find out, we spoke to Dr. Diljeet Singh, an integr…
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New from Code WACK, Forsaken? The problem with for-profit health care.
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15:00This time on Code WACK! What questionable justifications did a major insurance company give to repeatedly deny coverage to treat a baby’s brain tumor? What would have been the financial impact on the family if they had to pay for their baby's treatment out-of-pocket? What specific health policies could we implement to avoid situations like this? To…
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In this episode, we explore the intersection of nursing and the arts—a rare but powerful combination in healthcare. In January 2024, The Telegraph, a renowned UK news outlet, featured an article titled "The Nurse Who Helps Dying Patients Write Poetry." The nurse at the centre of this story is Rekha Vijayshankar, a trailblazer in the field of pallia…
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New from Code WACK, Coverage denied: A doctor's fight to save her own baby
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18:00Imagine learning that your baby girl has a brain tumor that’s causing seizures and disrupting her development, and your health insurance company is denying coverage for treatment her pediatric oncologist says she needs to survive and thrive? What would you do? Where did one mother turn when repeated health insurance denials delayed time-sensitive t…
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New from Code WACK,Does Trump mean the end of Medicare for All?
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12:00This time on Code WACK! What can be done to protect health care for the most vulnerable in the aftermath of Trump's victory? What does another Trump administration mean for single payer both nationally and in the states? How do many union leaders feel about single payer, and why? If we had Medicare for All, what other benefits could unions bargain …
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From the streets to echelons of power: Advocating for work spaces that promote nurses' relational praxis
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45:15How can a Chief Nursing Officer influence conversations about serious illness? In this episode, Patricia Strachan explores this question with Dr. Leigh Chapman, a dedicated nurse and leader who is advocating at the highest levels across Canada to improve working conditions for nurses—helping them not only stay in the profession but thrive. And when…
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New from Code WACK,Taking stock: Health care in the wake of the 2024 elections.
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14:00This time on Code WACK! What could a Trump White House mean for your health care and your family’s? What might it mean for public health at a time when the nation is still reeling from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic? And which populations stand to lose the most? To find out, we spoke to Ada Briceño, chair of Orange County Democrats and co-chair …
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From Code WACK, Act of Congress? The essential fight against profiteering.
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15:00This time on Code WACK! Why have healthcare giants like United Health and Cigna have been purging some of their commercial accounts and pivoting to government-funded programs like Medicare Advantage and Medicaid? How is this affecting patients? And what is the government doing about it? To find out, we spoke with Wendell Potter, a former health ins…
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New from Code WACK, Is Aussie health care really better?
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15:00This time on Code WACK! How do some Australians, who have single-payer health care they call Medicare, view the American healthcare system? What do they think about the many people in America who need to have a job to get health insurance? Who set their wedding day with their health insurance in mind? Or who have health insurance but go bankrupt an…
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New from Code WACK,Health care in the Land Down Under
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15:39This time on Code WACK! How does Australia's healthcare system work and why is it considered one of the best in the world? What are some of the ways the Australian healthcare system, which they call Medicare, and private health insurance differ from ours?An Australian citizen, Anna is founder and CEO of The Circular Water Company in Sydney. Through…
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New from Code WACK,Countering systemic erasure? Data justice for marginalized communities
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16:00This time on Code WACK! What is “data justice” and how does it inform and refine health policies for invisibilized communities? What policy solutions are needed to reduce health disparities among people, especially marginalized Latinx and indigenous communities? What role does the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California play in advancing the heal…
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New from Code WACK,Public health advocacy: Leveraging the immigrant experience.
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13:00This time on Code WACK! Public health advocacy requires considerable insight into the major issues that affect communities. How best to gain this insight? What role does direct personal experience play? Today Seciah Aquino, DrPH, MS shares how her lived experience as an immigrant has informed her work as Executive Director of a leading health equit…
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New from Code WACK,'Incestuous exploitation?' PBMs & corporate healthcare consolidation
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16:00This time on Code WACK! Rebate aggregators? Group purchasing? Vertical integration? How exactly do Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or PBMs, operate to maximize profit? And how are everyday Americans suffering from these practices?To find out, we spoke to Dr. Ed Weisbart, national board secretary of Physicians for a National Health Program, a single-paye…
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New from Code WACK, 'Incestuous exploitation?' PBMs and corporate healthcare consolidation
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15:00We’re taking another look at Pharmacy Benefit Managers or PBMs. Why were PBMs started and how did they morph to become one of the most powerful entities in health care? Why have they caught the attention of the Federal Trade Commission? How are they a threat to consumers?To find out, we spoke to Dr. Ed Weisbart, the national board secretary of Phys…
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New from Code WACK,Jacked up premiums & chaos? Why your health care is on the line this November.
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17:00What’s at stake in health care with the upcoming federal election? Would Donald Trump really try to repeal the Affordable Care Act - again? Would Kamala Harris continue fighting to rein in the skyrocketing cost of medicine? What will be the fate of Biden-era policies like enhanced tax credits limiting the cost of health insurance premiums? Or acces…
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New from Code WACK, Patient-centered health care? The fight to change our disempowering system
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14:59The fight for affordable, accessible health care in the U.S. has gone on for decades. Who’s in the fight to win solutions that improve health care for everyone? What policies are they working on? Today we’re featuring the Washington DC-based Families USA, a leading national nonpartisan voice for healthcare consumers. We welcome their new executive …
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New from Code WACK, What’s being done to stop pharmaceutical pirates?
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13:00This time on Code WACK!What are lawmakers and the Federal Trade Commission doing about Pharmacy Benefit Managers and their undue influence over drug prices and access? Who is watching out for consumers when the pharmaceutical industry pursues self-serving arrangements? And what’s the impact on independent pharmacies and their patients?To find out, …
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New from Code WACK,How pharmaceutical profiteers are screwing us over.
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12:00This time on Code WACK!So you might have heard the term pharmacy benefit managers – or PBMs – in the news. But what are they? How did these middlemen get to be so powerful? How are they causing drug prices to skyrocket? And what’s the Federal Trade Commission doing about it? To find out, we recently interviewed Hannah Garden-Monheit, the FTC’s dire…
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New from Code WACK,Privatization ‘on steroids?’ What health care could look like under Trump
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17:00This time on Code WACK!As the United States faces an election possibly unlike any other in our history, we wonder about the future of our healthcare system. What changes might we expect under President Trump, or President Harris? What would a new administration mean for single-payer efforts in states like California and Oregon? And what about Medic…
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New from Code WACK, Michael Lighty, president of the Healthy California Now
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18:00What’s been happening on the healthcare front since California Senate Bill 770, which paves the way for a single-payer healthcare system, was passed last year? What’s the process and the timeline? What are the necessary next steps to winning single payer in the Golden State and why is it so important to achieving healthcare equity? To find out we s…
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New from Code WACK,Need out of state healthcare? You'll pay through the nose!
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16:00Need out-of-state coverage? Get ready to jump through hoops & pay through the nose.This time on Code WACK!How far did one man have to go to get the health insurance he needed to cover a specialized surgery in another state? Despite jumping through many hoops to even qualify to buy the coverage he needed, why did he still end up paying tens of thous…
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New from Code WACK, One man's fight for freedom and choice in health care
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18:00This time on Code WACK!Imagine having to fight with your HMO insurer about compensating your surgeon who doesn't belong to your provider network, but happens to be a specialist in a particular procedure that you want because it has fewer side effects. Could you afford to cough up a few thousand dollars to pay the surgeon while hassling with your HM…
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New from Code WACK, The corporate 'war chest' that's spending big to control health care
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18:00Why did California’s latest single payer bill fail and what can we do about it? How can the public learn the truth about how much they could save with unified financing when deep-pocketed corporations keep lobbying legislators against it? What will it take to make Medicare for All a reality once and for all? To find out, we asked Jodi Reid, executi…
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New from Code WACK,Penny wise, pound foolish? How our long-term care policies fail us.
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17:00This time on Code WACK!Why is long term care, including in-home health care, in crisis? How are skyrocketing costs affecting patients? How come two-thirds of people in California who are getting in-home health care get it from family members who are often unpaid? Would universal long term care - or a single-payer system with unified financing - hel…
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New from Code WACK, Should health insurers have the final say about your care?
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17:00This time on Code WACK!How do insurance companies put up barriers to addiction treatments? How does this affect treatment programs and their clients? And how would it be if we had Medicare for All?To find out, we spoke to Arlene Stanich-Prince, executive director of Ohlhoff Recovery Programs in San Francisco, one of the longest standing treatment p…
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New from Code WACK, Is addiction a choice? New perspectives on substance use disorder
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16:59This time on Code WACK!What are some of the most common misconceptions about people who are addicted to substances like opioids? What medicines are revolutionizing the way people are being treated today – and how accessible are they? To find out, we spoke to Arlene Stanich-Prince, executive director of Ohlhoff Recovery Programs in San Francisco, on…
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New from Code WACK, The ‘silent, slow apocalypse’ of corporate health insurance .
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18:00What is the true cost of the American health insurance system? What toll is it taking on both patients and providers? And what do we need instead?To find out, we recently interviewed Dr. Linda Peeno, a physician, ethicist and health insurance industry whistleblower who testified before Congress and who has spent nearly four decades working to prote…
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New from Code WACK,The deadly calculation of our for-profit healthcare system.
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18:00How did a single mom in Kentucky, in the 1970s, become a physician, then a health insurance medical reviewer and eventually a whistleblower?To find out, we recently interviewed Dr. Linda Peeno, a physician and ethicist who has spent nearly four decades working to protect patients from harm and death by corporate healthcare systems. Dr. Peeno was pl…
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New from Code WACK,Does silence still equal death? For too many Americans, the answer is yes.
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20:00In honor of PRIDE Month, we’re revisiting a popular episode about the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. What were the health policy failures that spurred so many Americans to militant activism? How did the LGBTQ+ community win the struggle to get government funding to address the deadly virus?Fortunately, today, with appropriate medical inter…
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New from Code WACK,The devastating 'domino effect' of state budget cuts.
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12:00This time on Code WACK!At least seven states are grappling with budget shortfalls in 2024. What goes on behind the scenes when a state needs to cut costs? Who stands to lose the most as programs are trimmed or eliminated? Today we're looking at California’s multi-billion dollar budget deficit – and what's being done to protect the state’s most vuln…
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New from Code WACK,'Insidious, unethical,' yet legal: The Denial-of-Care model
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18:00This time on Code WACK!How do Managed Care health insurance plans hurt patients? Why is it legal for commercial health insurers to use Denial-of-Care as a business model? And what is one organization doing to call attention to such issues? To find out, we spoke to Kimberly J. Soenen, founder of “SOME PEOPLE,” a Chicago-based not-for-profit organiza…
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New from Code WACK,Health insurance: Is denying care the business model?
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19:00This time on Code WACK!What’s the impact of health insurance denial-of-care tactics? Who “wins” when new employees have to wait three months before their health insurance kicks in? What devastating physical, financial and emotional consequences did one young woman face after she was seriously injured during such a waiting period? To find out, we sp…
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New from Code WACK,Our healthcare system's hurting us. Why are lawmakers complicit?
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16:00This time on Code WACK!Why do lawmakers continue to ignore the toll our broken healthcare system takes on us? And what can we do, ourselves, to bring about change? What inspired single-payer advocate and mother Rebecca Wood to put much of her activism on hold to “sharpen her swords”? To find out, we interviewed Rebecca, a first-year law student and…
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New from Code WACK, A mother's harrowing journey to save her daughter.
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15:00This time on Code WACK!In honor of Mother's Day, we're talking about how our dysfunctional health insurance system affects moms. How far did one mother go to ensure that her daughter – born extremely premature – got the critical care she needed? How did our broken healthcare system push our guest, Rebecca Wood, to delay her own care for the sake of…
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New from Code WACK, Can single-payer advocates overcome the 'narcissism of small differences'.
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18:00This time on Code WACK! With all its apparent advantages, why hasn’t California passed single payer yet? Is organized labor fully in the Medicare-for-All game? Do managed care providers - like Kaiser Permanente - have outsized influence on healthcare reform in the state? To find out, we spoke to Peter Shapiro, a retired letter carrier and author of…
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