Smash Notes
An Arm and a Leg
A podcast. Because we need to talk about the cost of health care
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Episodes
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To get paid, hospitals get creative
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Congress fixed (a piece of) Medicare. It only took a few decades.
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The Medical-bill "Negotiation Lab"
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The Genetic Testing ‘Bait-and-Switch’
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One ER Doc’s Journey Through the Pandemic — and the Health Care System
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These docs are trying to kick private equity out of their ER
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Credit Where It’s Due
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“The Golden Age of Older Rectums” (for investors)
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Sick Note, pt. 2: Dang
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Sick Note: Dan has COVID. (He's fine, but ...)
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Fighting for the Right to Help
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Swimming with sharks
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Introducing: Half Vaxxed
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Introducing: Last Day
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Meet your new rights under the No Surprises Act
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2022 update: How to avoid a big bill for your COVID test (feat. Sarah Kliff)
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Our Year in Review, with members of the Arm and a Leg team
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Why rapid COVID tests are so freaking expensive
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Fighting with health insurance is easy (for Jackie Fox)
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How to avoid the crappiest health insurance.
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The Insurance Warrior takes on a $61B Company
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Meet the Insurance Warrior
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We spend 12 million hours a week on the phone with health insurance
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Wait, that was legal until now?!?
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"We just kept right on pushing"
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The wild backstory of a tiny but crucial Obamacare provision (ft. David Axelrod)
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A legendary lawyer sued hospitals for price-gouging their patients. And got his butt handed to him.
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We’re back! Starting Aug 19. And we’ve got some doozies for you.
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Badass volunteers help Jared level up, in the fight to crush medical debt
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A whole book about fighting effed-up medical bills? Yes, please.
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Want to write a killer letter to insurance? Meet Jeannine.
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Mini-episode: One guy skirts a medical-bill trap, and shares the secret.
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Why picking the right insurance is so hard (bonus/encore)
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Programming note: We're working on some cool new stuff.
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Who's been trying to cash in on COVID vaccinations? (And how did racism help them out?)
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Revisiting insulin, as relevant (and expensive) as ever
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A legal strategy for erasing billions in medical debt— that works—from a 60-second video.
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A former "bad guy" lawyer shows us how the dark machinery works. And our rights.
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Mini-episode: Two small doses of good news
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A 21st-century Christmas Carol: How one Scrooge became a health-care whistleblower
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From our reporter's notebook: What we learned in 2020, and what's ahead, with T.K. Dutes
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Fight! My family tries to pick health insurance for next year. COVID makes it harder.
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Andy Slavitt gives us a COVID check-in from 40,000 feet
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How to avoid a big bill for your COVID test: with Sarah Kliff of the New York Times
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How to Keep Cool in a Tough Moment: A self-defense expert breaks it down
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David v Goliath: How to beat a big hospital (using small claims court)
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How to handle debt collectors, with the TikTok Mom and a legal expert
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Your TikTok Mom has some medical-bill tips, and a hell of a story
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A Blast of Hope and Humanity: Here's what perseverance looks like
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She tangled with health insurance every day for 25 years. And loved it. Here's what she can teach us.
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How to fight like a bulldog (against bogus medical bills)
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Financial self-defense school, now in session: Make your own luck.
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We’re back! Dealing with the cost of health care seems pretty relevant right now.
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The hug shortage, the new abnormal, and the $7,000 COVID test. What we've learned in SEASON-19
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How Katelyn survived COVID—without going bankrupt. (Not easy. She has tips.)
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From inside the health insurance company: Angst, and advice we can use.
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The severe, weird recession... in health care. And what it means for our wallets
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COVID tests are free, except... when they're not
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Like a fire with no one to call: 'We've left no latent capacity in health care.'
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If I get COVID-19, what good will my insurance do me?
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Makers unite: Speeding PPE to a COVID hospital
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Whoa. Welcome to SEASON-19
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Reporter's Notebook: What we've learned so far, and what's ahead.
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Watch Your Back: Outwitting the Back-Pain Industry
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Christmas in July
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This hospital sued thousands of patients — until a reporter called them out.
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Can they freaking DO that?!?
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If they're going to take you for $3,000 — for stitches! — why can't they at least tell you the price upfront?
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What if this podcast were a musical? Well, here's what it would sound like.
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My Neighbor the Health-Care Ninja
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Mom vs. Texas
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Hey there! Season 3 is coming November 14. Here’s a preview.
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How one drug got its $500,000 price tag (with 99 Percent Invisible)
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Hey there! Season 3 is coming November 14. Here’s a preview.
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A place where they do health care more cheaply and effectively. (And yes, it’s in the U.S.)
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An actor walks into a doctor’s office…
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Whoa, this medical device is spying on me. In my sleep. So my insurer can deny me coverage.
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The insane, surprising history behind insulin’s crazy price (and some hopeful signs in the wild)
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Coming next week: The price of insulin
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Why are drug prices so random? Meet Mr. PBM
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How much for an MRI? Well, that depends…
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We thought we had adulted properly
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We’re back! Here’s a taste of Season 2, launching June 4.
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Is it ever appropriate to fudge a little? (Season One, episode 8)
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Why are ER bills so crazy? With Sarah Kliff of Vox.com. (Season One, episode 7)
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Why Health Insurance Actually Sucks (Season One, episode 6)
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So, Robin Hood’s got an approach to medical bills. (Season One, episode 5)
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Why you (and I) will likely pick the wrong health-insurance plan (Season One, episode 4)
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3. How one drug got its $500,000 price tag. (With 99 Percent Invisible– Season One, episode 3)
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All the Marbles: One woman’s epic quest for health insurance (Season One, episode 2)
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This is Water, and it sucks. Let’s talk. (Season One, episode 1)
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A podcast about the cost of health care, coming November 2018
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