Podcasts

        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 […]

        Featuring University of California San Francisco professor emeritus James G. Kahn, health economics expert, and Brenda Gazzar.   The David & Goliath Fight for Medicare for All   —– TRANSCRIPT —–   (10-second music)  Welcome to Code WACK!, your podcast on […]

          Featuring Sean Cavanaugh, campaign director for Whole Washington, discussing the racial generation gap in the healthcare reform movement, and what to do about it.    America’s Racial Generation Gap & Healthcare Reform   —– TRANSCRIPT —–   (10-second music)  Welcome […]

        Featuring Sean Cavanaugh, campaign director for Whole Washington, discussing healthcare inequity, its impact on Black Americans and SB 5204, the latest single payer bill in Washington State.    The fight for healthcare equity in Washington State   —– TRANSCRIPT —–   […]