Podcasts

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Public health advocacy requires considerable insight into the major issues that affect communities. How best to gain this insight? What role does direct personal experience play?  Today Seciah Aquino, DrPH, MS shares how her lived […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Rebate aggregators? Group purchasing? Vertical integration? How exactly do Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or PBMs, operate to maximize profit? And how are everyday Americans suffering from these practices? To find out, we spoke to Dr. […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   We’re taking another look at Pharmacy Benefit Managers or PBMs. Why were PBMs started and how did they morph to become one of the most powerful entities in health care? Why have they caught […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   What’s at stake in health care with the upcoming federal election? Would Donald Trump really try to repeal the Affordable Care Act – again? Would Kamala Harris continue fighting to rein in the skyrocketing […]

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   The fight for affordable, accessible health care in the U.S. has gone on for decades. Who’s in the fight to win solutions that improve health care for everyone? What policies are they working on?  Today […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   What are lawmakers and the Federal Trade Commission doing about Pharmacy Benefit Managers and their undue influence over drug prices and access? Who is watching out for consumers when the pharmaceutical industry pursues self-serving […]

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   So you might have heard the term pharmacy benefit managers – or PBMs – in the news. But what are they? How did these middlemen get to be so powerful? How are they […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   As the United States faces an election possibly  unlike any other in our history, we wonder about the future of our healthcare system. What changes might we expect under President Trump, or President Harris? […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   What’s been happening on the healthcare front since California Senate Bill 770, which paves the way for a single-payer healthcare system, was passed last year? What’s the process and the timeline? What are the […]