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Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
20 mins; April 02, 2026
Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
24 mins; March 26, 2026
Inside the Urgent Care Boom
39 mins; March 19, 2026
‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses
21 mins; March 12, 2026
'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
25 mins; March 05, 2026
Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care
26 mins; February 26, 2026
As States and CDC Split on Vaccines, What's Next?
19 mins; February 19, 2026
A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction
24 mins; February 12, 2026
Mental Illness Left Their Loved Ones on the Streets. California’s Big Fix Hasn’t Helped
24 mins; February 05, 2026
One State's Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 2
24 mins; January 29, 2026
One State's Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 1
27 mins; January 22, 2026
Race to the Bottom: Where's the Cavalry?
29 mins; January 15, 2026
Breaking Down Trump’s $50 Billion Rural Health Fund
61 hours 11 mins; January 12, 2026
Race to the Bottom: Hard Bargain
29 mins; January 08, 2026
Race to the Bottom: Boom Times
28 mins; January 01, 2026
One Doctor’s Crusade to Improve Health Literacy
25 mins; December 25, 2025
How Treating Teens’ Trauma Is Stopping Violence in Chicago
28 mins; December 18, 2025
One Scientist's Mission to Change How We Prevent Overdoses
26 mins; December 11, 2025
A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
26 mins; December 04, 2025
One Economist’s Plan to Blow Up America’s Health Insurance System
25 mins; November 27, 2025
Homeless Camp Sweeps Can Harm Health. Some Cities Are Trying a New Way.
25 mins; November 20, 2025
Rising Costs, Fewer Choices: What’s Up with Medicare Drug Plans?
26 mins; November 13, 2025
The Quiet Cuts Making ACA Enrollment Harder
20 mins; November 06, 2025
Should I Trust AI to Diagnose Me?
25 mins; October 30, 2025
Will Trump’s Prescription Drug Deals Really Lower Prices?
24 mins; October 23, 2025
How New York Times Columnist Paula Span Navigates ‘The New Old Age’
24 mins; October 16, 2025
The Future of Health Care Research: 'Federal Funding Really Is Irreplaceable'
25 mins; October 09, 2025
How States Are Reckoning with Republican Health Reforms
21 mins; October 02, 2025
BONUS: What Happens if Obamacare Subsidies Shrink?
16 mins; September 29, 2025
A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy
27 mins; September 25, 2025
Why Are People With Mental Illness Starving to Death in Jail?
24 mins; September 18, 2025
Obamacare Premiums Are About to Soar. How’d We Get Here?
22 mins; September 11, 2025
This Federal Experiment Is Pouring Money into Mental Hospitals. Will It Work?
27 mins; September 04, 2025
Getting Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants in Trump's America
24 mins; August 28, 2025
Trump Forced Hospitals and Insurers to Reveal Their Prices. What Happened?
16 mins; August 21, 2025
How One Company Gamified Health Insurance
22 mins; August 14, 2025
The Medicaid Policy Red and Blue States Agree On
29 mins; August 07, 2025
One Scientist's Mission to Change How We Prevent Overdoses
26 mins; July 31, 2025
A Rural Hospital in Kentucky Prepares for Medicaid Losses
20 mins; July 24, 2025
What It’s Like to Be Transgender in Trump’s America
23 mins; July 17, 2025
As the Big Beautiful Bill Becomes Law, States Face a ‘Daunting’ Rollout
22 mins; July 10, 2025
How Two Supreme Court Rulings Affect the ACA, Planned Parenthood and the Future of Preventive Care
19 mins; July 03, 2025
Unpacking the Health Impacts of Republicans' 'Big Beautiful Bill'
45 mins; June 26, 2025
Trump’s Policies Could Undermine the Fight to End America’s HIV Epidemic
27 mins; June 19, 2025
RFK Jr. Just Replaced the Experts Guiding U.S. Vaccines. Now What?
28 mins; June 12, 2025
How Treating Teens’ Trauma Is Stopping Violence in Chicago
26 mins; June 05, 2025
Helping Some of America’s Costliest Patients Could Get A Lot Harder
29 mins; May 29, 2025
What Cuts to Medicaid and Obamacare Could Mean for Hospitals, Insurers and You
25 mins; May 22, 2025
What Happens When Cops Refuse to Respond to Mental Health Calls?
21 mins; May 15, 2025
Presenting: First Opinion: The Invisibility of Good Public Health Work
33 mins; May 13, 2025
Fighting Measles and Anti-Vax Views in West Texas
20 mins; May 08, 2025
What Republican Health Cuts Could Mean for People with Disabilities
25 mins; May 01, 2025
Medicaid Work Requirements Are Back. What You Need To Know
29 mins; April 24, 2025
Obamacare Heads to the Supreme Court … Again
16 mins; April 17, 2025
How RFK Jr. is Upending Public Health
19 mins; April 10, 2025
Making Sense of Sweeping Changes at HHS
19 mins; April 03, 2025
This Budget Cut Would Save Medicare Patients Money. But Can Rural Hospitals Afford It?
28 mins; March 27, 2025
Medicare and Medicaid Under Dr. Oz: What to Expect
30 mins; March 20, 2025
The Cost of Cutting NIH Research: Voices from the Frontlines
21 mins; March 13, 2025
One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities
32 mins; March 06, 2025
Lots of Hospitals Are Using AI. Few Are Testing For Bias
24 mins; February 27, 2025
Getting Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants in Trump's America
21 mins; February 20, 2025
As Trump Targets USAID, What’s at Stake for U.S. and Global Health?
17 mins; February 13, 2025
RFK Jr. Wants to Change What Americans Eat. He's Not The First
26 mins; February 06, 2025
The Powerful Vaccine Committee RFK Jr. Could Soon Control
19 mins; January 30, 2025
RFK Jr. Is Headed to Capitol Hill. A Former HHS Secretary Lays Out the Stakes
23 mins; January 28, 2025
Why Many Republicans Think Shrinking Medicaid Will Make it Better
25 mins; January 23, 2025
Biden’s Medicaid Director Reflects on Lessons Learned and Worries for the Future
25 mins; January 16, 2025
The Fifth Branch: The Last Line of Care
42 mins; January 09, 2025
The Fifth Branch: Keeping People Safe
40 mins; January 02, 2025
The Fifth Branch: Convincing the Cops
35 mins; December 26, 2024
Trump Forced Hospitals and Insurers to Reveal Their Prices. What Happened?
14 mins; December 19, 2024
Everyone’s Mad at Health Insurers, But 'There’s Plenty of Blame to Go Around'
22 mins; December 12, 2024
Presenting: First Opinion: Mark Cuban
34 mins; December 05, 2024
Can the U.S. Put an End to Surprise Ambulance Bills?
32 mins; November 28, 2024
What Could RFK Jr. Do As Head of HHS? We Asked Someone Who’s Done the Job
23 mins; November 21, 2024
Health Care for Transgender Youth Goes to the Supreme Court
26 mins; November 14, 2024
How Did Picking a Medicare Plan Get So Hard?
24 mins; November 07, 2024
What the Election Could Mean for Obamacare
17 mins; October 31, 2024
3 Health Care Decisions Awaiting the Next President
26 mins; October 24, 2024
How New York Times Columnist Paula Span Navigates ‘The New Old Age’
23 mins; October 17, 2024
Why Employers Are Turning to Primary Care as Health Care Costs Soar
20 mins; October 10, 2024
The Best Way to Fight Meth Addiction? Gift Cards
27 mins; October 03, 2024
Race to the Bottom: Where's the Cavalry?
27 mins; September 26, 2024
Race to the Bottom: Hard Bargain
28 mins; September 19, 2024
Race to the Bottom: Boom Times
27 mins; September 12, 2024
How One Company Gamified Health Insurance
21 mins; September 05, 2024
‘She Didn’t Want to Die. But She Didn’t Want to Suffer.’
23 mins; August 29, 2024
Presenting: Lost Patients: Churn
49 mins; August 22, 2024
What to Expect When Medicare and Pharma Finally Negotiate Drug Prices
26 mins; August 15, 2024
Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools
21 mins; August 08, 2024
The Fifth Branch: The Last Line of Care
40 mins; August 01, 2024
The Fifth Branch: Keeping People Safe
39 mins; July 25, 2024
The Fifth Branch: Convincing the Cops
35 mins; July 18, 2024
Tradeoffs Presents: The Fifth Branch
3 mins; July 11, 2024
BONUS: The Court’s Big Abortion Decisions Are Out. What Now?
12 mins; June 28, 2024
Why Supporting Caregivers Could Make A Difference in Dementia Care
19 mins; June 27, 2024
More Hospitals Move to Confront Medical Errors Head On
25 mins; June 20, 2024
Ozempic Hype Forces Employer Calls on Obesity Coverage
25 mins; June 13, 2024
A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
25 mins; June 06, 2024
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