鈥楢n Arm and a Leg鈥: Financial Self-Defense School Is Now in Session
Starting in August 2020, a new episode every other week. No time like a pandemic to learn more about how to fight the high cost of health care.
An Arm and a Leg
Health care 鈥 and how much it costs 鈥 is scary. But you鈥檙e not alone with this stuff, and knowledge is power.聽
An Arm and a Leg, a podcast about these issues, is co-produced by host Dan Weissmann and 吃瓜不打烊. Previously, Weissmann was a staff reporter for Marketplace and Chicago’s WBEZ. His work also appears on “All Things Considered,” Marketplace, the BBC, 99% Invisible, and “Reveal” from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: The $7,000 COVID Test And Other Lessons From SEASON-19
鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 wraps an all-COVID podcast season with three different perspectives on what the pandemic is costing us 鈥 and what might come next.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: Tips For Surviving COVID With Your Financial Health Intact
After being sick with COVID-19, missing weeks of work and pay, this podcast listener has a great story and some advice for us all.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: Angst And Advice From A Health Insurance Insider
A podcast listener who works in the health insurance industry says that when you鈥檙e trying to untangle a problem with your health insurance company ask the representative on the phone to slow down. And if need be, don鈥檛 hesitate to ask to speak with a supervisor.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: Health Care Takes A Financial Hit In The Midst Of Pandemic
In the first quarter of 2020, half the country鈥檚 economic devastation happened in the health care sector. Much of the slowdown came after hospitals postponed elective surgeries and as Americans skipped routine doctor鈥檚 office visits.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: If Insurer Bills You For COVID Testing, Talk 鈥 And Maybe Tweet 鈥 It Out
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act requires private insurers to pay for certain services related to coronavirus testing at no cost to the patient. But gaps in the protections expose patients to unexpected medical bills.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: What A Fleet Of Firetrucks Can Teach About Public Health
This week on 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 a front-line physician wonders if the health care industry鈥檚 drive for 鈥渆fficiency鈥 has robbed the system of surge capacity, leaving the nation underprepared to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: Am I Protected If I Need COVID-19 Care?
鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 is back sharing stories about the ways COVID-19 intersects with the cost of health care. To tackle a listener鈥檚 question about health coverage, Dan Weissmann spoke with one of the country鈥檚 top insurance nerds.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: Superheroes Of 鈥楽tuff鈥 Help Health Workers In NYC
鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 is back 鈥 sooner than we expected 鈥 with stories about how COVID-19 intersects with the cost of health care, and how we can all respond. So we鈥檙e calling it SEASON-19.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: What We鈥檝e Learned And What鈥檚 Ahead For The Show
For this bonus episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 Dan Weissmann gives up the host鈥檚 chair and answers questions from reporter and colleague Sally Herships.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: Watch Your Back 鈥 And Your Wallet
Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, author of the book 鈥淐rooked,鈥 says chronic low back pain is not a medical condition. Nonetheless, that complaint sends millions of Americans down a path of expensive imaging tests, ongoing therapies and invasive surgery 鈥 all with limited effectiveness for many patients. In a conversation with 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 podcast host Dan Weissmann, Ramin shares her journey of back pain and recovery.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: Tradition Grows Into $1 Million Gift For People In Medical Debt
Every year 鈥 for decades 鈥 the Buehler family and friends have organized a softball tournament in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area to raise money for someone with big medical expenses. In 2019, the group helped forgive $1 million in medical debt.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: Reporter Says 鈥楽hame鈥 Spurred Hospital To Cancel Debt For Thousands
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., sued thousands of patients for unpaid medical bills. Journalist Wendi Thomas wrote about it. Months later, the hospital dropped 6,500 lawsuits.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: Can They Freaking Do That?!?
Introducing a new segment on 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 podcast: 鈥淐an They Freaking Do That?!?鈥 We take your most vexing medical bill questions and hunt down information and experts who can help.
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It’s Not Just You: Picking Health Insurance Is Hard. Here’s How To Be Smart About It.
It鈥檚 open enrollment season for health insurance. And choosing the best plan is tricky whether you have to buy insurance on your own or just figure out which plan to sign up for at work. Here鈥檚 what you need to know.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: How Much For Stitches In The ER? Hard To Gauge Upfront
Consumers are admonished to be 鈥渟mart shoppers,鈥 but that鈥檚 difficult if health care prices are clear as mud. When Sarah Macsalka鈥檚 son needed stitches, she did her best to avoid the ER and still ended up with a $3,000 bill.
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For Artist Inspired By Illness, 鈥楪ratitude Outweighs Pain鈥
After surviving two double lung transplants, Dylan Mortimer, a Kansas City artist, turns his battle with cystic fibrosis into joyous, whimsical art. Now Mortimer buys glitter by the pound and uses it to create mixed-media collages and sculptures for hospitals, private collectors and public spaces.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: A La ‘Hamilton,’ Revue Takes On History Of Health Insurance
Kvetching about the cost of health care is kind of what we do on the podcast 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg.鈥 This week鈥檚 episode features like-minded storytellers 鈥 from the musical troupe Heck No Techo 鈥 who have turned their frustrations into art and laughter.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: A Medical Bill Ninja Shares Her Secrets
On Season 3, Episode 2 of the podcast 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 an Illinois woman harnesses a lifetime of experience 鈥 and frustration 鈥 with health care finances to help other people solve their medical bill problems.
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For Newborns With Hearing Loss, Screening Opens Window To A World Of Sound
Most infants in the United States have a hearing screening in their first few days of life. Twenty years ago, before universal newborn screening, many kids missed out on early intervention services that help children with hearing loss access sound and develop spoken language.
By Rachel Bluth