Tag: Medicare for all

Murder, Money & Medicine: The United Healthcare CEO Tragedy and America’s Insurance Crisis

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   This time on Code WACK!  The strong reactions to the tragic murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson by alleged killer Luigi Mangione are bringing renewed attention to the abuses of for-profit health […]

Health Equity Now: Tackling Racism in Medicine with Dr. Uché Blackstock

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   This time on Code WACK!  For the second episode in our two-part series on racism in medicine, in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, we’re asking the question: What is racially concordant […]

Can veterans really get better care outside the VA?

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!     How is the Department of Veterans Affairs becoming increasingly privatized and what could this mean for those who have served and sacrificed for our country? Is corporate health insurance better than the VA […]

The sordid financialization of America’s healthcare system

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Why have U.S. administrations from both sides of the aisle chosen to privatize Medicare and how has that complicated health care for patients? How do mega insurance companies benefit as a result? How much […]

A second look at the Indian Health Service: A broken promise?

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   In the wake of the recent presidential election, we’re revisiting one of our favorite podcast episodes from 2023 about the hurdles America’s Indigenous peoples face in accessing health care.  What’s being done to help elder […]

Will Project 2025 sink traditional Medicare?

                  THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!     What could another Trump presidency mean for the rise in Medicare private plans and what would that mean for patient care and financial waste in our healthcare system and […]

Buying studies, diluting messages: How health care companies use much more than lobbying to protect profits

With Congress set to debate “Medicare-for-all,” Tarbell examines efforts by health insurers to take over past health care reforms. By Michael Corcoran, Tarbell In January, dozens of new Democrats will enter the U.S. House of Representatives with their party in control. While their leadership has resisted […]