PBS
Nonprofit Helping Low-Income Patients Describes Itself As 'Match.Com Meets The Peace Corps'
Physician shortages, as well as cost and distance, can make specialty care prohibitive for many low-income patients. A nonprofit aims to tackle those challenges by utilizing telehealth technology and retiring, volunteer doctors. Special...
Crash Course
The Economics of Healthcare: Crash Course Econ
Why is health care so expensive? Once again, there are a lot of factors in play. Jacob and Adriene look at the many reasons that health care in the US is so expensive, and what exactly we get for all that money. Spoiler alert: countries...
TED Talks
P.J. Parmar: How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit)
Modern American health care is defined by its high costs, high overhead and inaccessibility -- especially for low-income patients. What if we could redesign the system to serve the poor and still have doctors make money? In an...
Curated Video
Pros and Cons of Traveling Abroad for Surgery
What exactly is medical tourism? How safe is it to travel to another country for a medical procedure? And what about mixing a little vacation with some dental work? As of 2020, approximately 1 in 10 people in the US under the age of 65...
Healthcare Triage
The Medicaid Expansion and Its Effects
So often, when we implement new policy, I wish we had better ways to capture its effects so that we could expand our knowledge base as to how decisions change health and health care. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, and its older...
Healthcare Triage
Does More Social Spending Reduce Healthcare Costs?
We spend a lot of money on social programs. Studies indicate that a lot of those programs work to improve health outcomes for people who receive the benefits. So, does that social spending reduce healthcare costs? Not really. But cutting...
Healthcare Triage
Results Are In! Congressional Budget Office Scores the American Health Care Act
And it's not a hit. Last week we talked about the new American Health Care Act, but ended on the note that it needed a score from the CBO. Well, the CBO has spoken, and it's not great news for the AHCA.
Hip Hughes History
The Bill That Was Killed: Trumpcare Explained
An overview of the failed bill, Trumpcare, also known as Ryancare or the American Health Care Act, AHCA. A teacherly explanation of how the AHCA would have changed Obamacare.
Healthcare Triage
Medicaid for Children Leads to Better Outcomes Later in Life
The recent election has caused many to question whether significant changes are about to happen to Medicaid. Repeal of the Affordable Care Act would, of course, lead to the elimination of the Medicaid expansion, which could result in...
Healthcare Triage
Election Results Impact the ACA, Medicaid Expansion, and Marijuana
Yesterday's election results have a lot of impact on health care in the United States. The new Democratic House of Representatives and the ACA, expansion of Medicaid in red states, and medical and recreational marijuana are all affected...
Healthcare Triage
Medicare's Coverage Gaps and Out of Pocket Costs
One of the original justifications for Medicare is that older people have much higher health care needs and expenses. But there are a few common misunderstandings about health costs when people are older, including the idea that money...
Healthcare Triage
The 10 Worst Examples of Healthcare Profiteering and Dysfunction
Each year, the Lown Institute gives out the Shkreli Awards, named for disgraced and imprisoned "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli. The awards go to the perpetrators of the most egregious examples of dysfunction and profiteering in healthcare....
Healthcare Triage
Health Care Reform, Medicaid Expansion, and Hospital Finances
This election season has seen relatively little campaigning on health care reform. Short of the occasional cry to "repeal Obamacare" or the offhand complaint about how much health care costs, there's been relatively little focus on how...
Healthcare Triage
Is Medicaid Coverage Better or Worse than Private Insurance?
It's clearly, provably better for patients to have Medicaid coverage than to be uninsured, despite what critics of the program claim. Recently, bills in the Senate and the House of Representatives have sought to greatly reduce Medicaid...
Healthcare Triage
Many with Employer Insurance Still Need CHIP to Insure Their Kids
As employer-sponsored insurance becomes more expensive for children, public programs are picking up the slack. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
Alcohol Regulations Work Better Than Expected, ACA Might Not - HCT News Nov. 20, 2015
Alcohol regulations work better than expected, ACA exchanges might not. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
The American Health Care Act: A Republican Response to The Affordable Care Act
The Republican plan to replace Obamacare is here, and we've got the details!
Healthcare Triage
Medicaid Report Cards Are Out, and Life Isn't About Grades
The Trump administration has released Medicaid report cards, which allow citizens and health care journalists to look at the results of Medicaid, state by state. The good news: our beloved Indiana is doing OK! The bad news, there's a lot...
Healthcare Triage
Last Chance for Exchange Plans, No CHIP Funding, AND a Tax Bill
There's a lot going on this week, and also a lot that's NOT happening. The ACA's health insurance exchanges are wrapping up the open enrollment window this week. If you need insurance, or want to shop around GO NOW and look for...
Healthcare Triage
An Update on the Affordable Care Act - Oct. 23, 2015
We missed a birthday for Healthcare Triage! On October 1, we turned two years old.
Healthcare Triage
Premiums for CHIP and Medicaid Lead to Lower Enrollment and Uninsured Kids
I have written before about the use of premiums in Medicaid programs across the United States. But a new study in Pediatrics collects the evidence, and it's worth a look. "Medicaid and CHIP Premiums and Access to Care: A Systematic...
Healthcare Triage
Teeth Aren't Just for Chewing. So Why Doesn't Medicaid Cover Dental?
Medicaid doesn't cover dentistry. But dental health affects many different aspects of a person's life. Bad teeth can cause social difficulty, and make it hard to find employment, aside from the fact that an unhealthy mouth can lead to or...
Healthcare Triage
If Economists Chose the Health Care System
Health economists study the economic determinants of health. They also analyze how health care resources are utilized and allocated, and how health care policies and quality of care can be improved. In this episode, we discuss what...
Healthcare Triage
Lots of Children Are About to Lose Their Health Coverage
Budget authorization for the Children's Health Insurance Program in the US ran out a couple of months ago, and there's no reauthorization in sight. A LOT of kids are insured through this program. Aaron runs you through what's about to...