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Tradeoffs

English, News, 1 season, 295 episodes, 4 days, 56 minutes
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America's already costly and complicated health care system is facing an enormous new burden, as COVID-19 spreads across the country. Fighting this virus and fixing the flaws it has revealed in our health care system will require us to tackle hard questions with no easy answers. It will require Tradeoffs. Long-time health care reporter Dan Gorenstein hosts an examination of health care, policy, and people; and the weighty decisions we all find ourselves faced with.
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Tradeoffs in 2024

We've got a lot to share with you in 2024!We're looking into how fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are upending long established treatments for opioid addiction, and what clinicians and policymakers are doing to adapt.There are a bunch of cases in the courts this year that have the potential to change Americans' access to care, and restrict the power of federal health agencies.And nearly 25 years after a landmark case, declaring that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have a right to live outside state-run institutions, we examine how doctors, hospitals and insurers are failing many of them … and one woman's work to forge a better path.New episodes start 25 January, 2024!Sign up for our weekly newsletter.Support this type of journalism today, with a gift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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