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