An Arm and a Leg: The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part II
In this second part of a two-part series on dealing with the high price of prescription drugs, experts share their insider tips.
An Arm and a Leg: The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part I
In Part 1 of a two-part series on dealing with the high price of prescription drugs, a father explains the strategies he used to get his daughter the medicine she needs to treat her epilepsy.
An Arm and a Leg: A Mathematical Solution for US Hospitals?
An immigrant mathematician is on a mission to save U.S. hospitals billions of dollars and improve the lives of doctors, nurses, and patients. At one hospital, it’s working.
An Arm and a Leg: A Health Policy Veteran Puts 2025 in Perspective
Two stories from Washington, D.C., give listeners a sense of what changes the Trump administration has been making to health policy, with 国产麻豆精品Health News鈥 Julie Rovner and Arthur Allen.
An Arm and a Leg: Why 鈥楾he Pitt鈥 Is Our Fave New Drama
An emergency room doctor says what the TV show 鈥淭he Pitt鈥 gets right about hospitals, including why they鈥檙e so crowded and the bills so high.
An Arm and a Leg: Winning a Two-Year Fight Over a Bogus Bill
How one 鈥淎rm and a Leg鈥 listener stayed encouraged during a two-year fight over a bill she didn鈥檛 owe.
An Arm and a Leg: Medical-Debt Watchdog Gets Sidelined by the New Administration
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is offline 鈥 for now. Here鈥檚 what that could mean for people with medical debt.
An Arm and a Leg: How Do You Deal With Wild Drug Prices?
鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 is collecting stories for a new series about how Americans get the medicine they need when faced with sticker shock.
An Arm and a Leg: The 鈥楽hkreli Awards鈥 鈥 For Dysfunction and Profiteering in Health Care
The Lown Institute, a health care think tank, holds a contest every year for the most outrageous stories of greed in health care.
An Arm and a Leg: A Listener Fighting the Good Fight
A medical resident who listens to 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 is pushing for change with the American Medical Association and at the hospital where he works.
An Arm and a Leg: Revisiting 鈥楥hristmas In July鈥
From the archives of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥: a family tragedy, a 40-year tradition, and a million dollars in medical debt erased.
An Arm and a Leg: New Lessons in the Fight for Charity Care
Host Dan Weissmann checks back in on the fight for hospital charity care, with lessons from Dollar For and a savvy listener.
An Arm and a Leg: Fight Health Insurance 鈥 With Help From AI
Meet the tech worker on a quest to use artificial intelligence to combat denials for coverage from patients鈥 health plans.
An Arm and a Leg: Can Racism Make You Sick?聽
In this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 host Dan Weissmann sits down with 国产麻豆精品Health News鈥 Cara Anthony to talk about the documentary and podcast series she produced about the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing on a rural Missouri community. The project is called 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston.鈥
An Arm and a Leg: 鈥楤aby Steps鈥 in the Fight Against Facility Fees
An extra $99 fee on top of a copay for a checkup didn鈥檛 sit right with a listener. Turns out, state legislators across the country aren鈥檛 buying it either.
An Arm and a Leg: Don鈥檛 Get 鈥楤ullied鈥 Into Paying What You Don鈥檛 Owe
In this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 host Dan Weissmann speaks with Caitlyn Mai, a woman in Oklahoma who received a six-figure bill for a surgery her insurance promised to cover. This episode is an extended version of the 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 series, produced in partnership with NPR.
An Arm and a Leg: The Woman Who Beat an $8,000 Hospital Fee
In this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 host Dan Weissmann speaks with Georgann Boatright, a patient in Mississippi who was willing to drive to another state to avoid paying a steep fee to her local hospital.
An Arm and a Leg: Meet the Middleman鈥檚 Middleman
Why are patients facing bigger bills than they expect for out-of-network care? In this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 the show explains the hidden mechanics of MultiPlan, a data firm that helps health insurers set these rates and make bigger returns.
An Arm and a Leg: Medicaid Recipients Struggle To Stay Enrolled
In this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 the show takes its first look at Medicaid. The program has dropped more than 22 million people since spring 2023, when covid-era protections ended.
An Arm and a Leg: Digging Into Facility Fees
鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 is looking for listener stories about facility fees for a new project.
