Featuring Ellen Karel, the chair of Health Care for All-California, and host Brenda Gazzar, discussing the life experiences that lead her to advocate for healthcare equity and what is keeping California from embracing single-payer healthcare.  This is part […]

        Featuring Dr. Stephen Kemble, psychiatrist, board member of Physicians for a National Health Program and member of One Payer States, discussing healthcare reform in Hawaii and Vermont with host Brenda Gazzar. This is part two of a two-part series.    Hawaii, […]

        Featuring Dr. Stephen Kemble, a psychiatrist and former president of the Hawaii Medical Association, and host Brenda Gazzar discussing the burdens of Medicaid Managed Care on mental health patients and doctors alike. This is part one of a two-part series for […]

        Featuring Dr. Nancy Niparko, a pediatric neurologist, and host Brenda Gazzar on how common health insurance industry practices drove her to shut down her private practice. Can doctors stay in business when today’s reimbursement rates in some specialties can be lower […]

        What challenges do doctors and patients – including children – face when it comes to health care in America? To find out, join host Brenda Gazzar and Dr. Nancy Niparko, a pediatric neurologist as they discuss the frustrating, unnecessary insurance hassles […]

        Cathy Munzer, a fitness instructor and single mom in New York City, joins Brenda Gazzar to discuss the  medical debt she now faces after losing her job – and her health insurance – due to the pandemic.      Unemployed & […]

        Abdul El-Sayed, MD, MPH and Brenda Gazzar discuss the political path to winning Medicare for All, and his new book  “Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide,” about how our healthcare system is failing even those who have insurance.   Taking on […]

      Featuring Abdul El-Sayed, MD, MPH and Brenda Gazzar on his switch from medicine and public health to politics and his new bestselling book,  “Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide,” about how our healthcare system is failing even those who have insurance.   ‘Critical […]

        Featuring James G. Kahn, health economics expert, University of California San Francisco professor emeritus and Brenda Gazzar on CalCare AB 1400.    The Scoop on California’s New Medicare for All Bill   —– TRANSCRIPT —–   Welcome to Code WACK!, your […]