Author: Brenda Gazzar

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Can California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability stem the rising tide of healthcare inflation? Are similar efforts to rein in healthcare costs happening in other states? And what does the creation of the […]

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   The New Year is ringing in higher health care premiums while U.S. life expectancy continues to fall. Despite spending more on health care than any other country, we don’t seem to be getting […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   In honor of more than 200 podcast episodes and the New Year, we’re running one of our oldies but goodies about the medical tourism phenomenon –  Need surgery but your $7,000 deductible is in […]

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Patients aren’t the only people who are frustrated with our current healthcare system. So are doctors! Why?  And why doesn’t free market capitalism work with health care? To find out, we spoke to award-winning filmmaker […]

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How did the new documentary Healing US, about the drawbacks of America’s for-profit healthcare system, get made? Which harrowing stories did they highlight? When Americans need health care, why do so many worry whether they […]

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How can we, as a society, better support Black expectant parents and their babies in light of how vulnerable they are to dying in America? And what root causes must be addressed to […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Why are Black people so vulnerable to maternal and infant mortality  – and what’s being done about it? What will the closing of a maternity ward in South Los Angeles County – a trend […]

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   What are the main obstacles in implementing a new law paving the way to Medicare for All in California?  Where does the biggest opposition lie – and what’s at stake if the law […]