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The Health Insurance Black Box: Why Employer Healthcare Costs Keep Rising
This time on CodeWACK! What challenges do employers face when providing health coverage to their employees? And what role do health insurers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers - prescription drug…
States Push Back Against Medicaid Managed Care
This time on CodeWACK! Today, most people on Medicaid get their care through private insurers called Managed Care Organizations, or MCOs—like Aetna and UnitedHealthcare. Critics say these companies…
The Middlemen Making Money Off Medicaid
This time on CodeWACK! Why are there middlemen in Medicaid—and what are they doing to our most vulnerable patients and physicians? How and why are private insurance intermediaries permitted to put…
The Hidden Cost of Private Equity Hospital Buyouts
This time on Code WACK! We're taking a closer look at what happens when private equity buys hospitals. Our guest is Dr. Renee Hsia (pronounced "Shaw"). An emergency physician at Zuckerberg San…
Is private equity in health care killing us?
This time on Code WACK! What happens to staff and patients when private investors buy hospitals to make them more profitable? And why should this concern us all? To break it down, we spoke to Dr.…
Insured But Still Can't Afford Care? The Underinsured Crisis
This time on Code WACK! Millions of Americans have health insurance, but still can't afford to use it. So what happens when high deductibles and corporate profit pressures shape the care patients…
The Deadly Design of U.S. Health Care
This time on Code WACK! Why do Americans live about four years less, on average, than people in similar European countries, despite spending far more on health care? And why are so many dying from…
Why Insured Americans Still Need Charity Clinics
This time on Code WACK! Why are people in America resorting to receiving medical care in animal stalls - even if they have health insurance? What would it take to make volunteer stopgap clinics…
The Real Cost of Health Insurance Nobody Talks About
This time on Code WACK! Healthcare premiums aren't the only costs going up. Your pocketbook is also getting hit with higher out-of-pocket costs - like deductibles, co-pays, and coinsurance - often…
Medicare Advantage Is Breaking America's Promise to Seniors
This time on Code WACK! Privatized Medicare now covers more than half of older adults nationwide. But how do Medicare Advantage plans' lower star ratings, narrow networks, and "paper benefits" hit…
No real choice.' How Medicare Advantage fails seniors
This time on Code WACK! How does Medicare Advantage - also known as privatized Medicare - fail seniors … especially seniors of color? Why do many seniors find they actually have no other choice than…
Is racism in health care still a problem in 2026? Absolutely.
This time on Code WACK! This time on Code WACK! In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we're rebroadcasting this episode examining how desegregation shaped the experiences of Black…
Revisiting America's racist - and deadly - legacy
This time on Code WACK! In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we're rebroadcasting our Anthem Award–winning episode on one of the most overlooked civil rights battles in American history:…
Inside California's Push for Guaranteed Healthcare
This time on Code WACK! As healthcare costs skyrocket and Americans face new coverage threats, California advocates are pushing for something bigger than simple fixes around the edges. We're joined…
Why More Americans Want Medicare for All
This time on Code WACK! Today we're talking about rising healthcare costs and the renewed momentum behind Medicare for All. Recent polling shows majority support for the idea across Democrats,…
Aging in place is hard. Could neighbors be an answer?
This time on Code WACK! America is facing a looming crisis in caregiving with an aging population and scarce in-home care resources. Could neighborhood-based care networks offer answers? What becomes…
The Caregiving Crisis Is Here - and America Isn't Ready
This time on Code WACK! Suddenly, with little notice, you may find yourself having to step into a caregiving role for a friend or family member. Maybe you already have. It could be an aging parent,…
The hidden forces behind skyrocketing health insurance costs
This time on Code WACK! Join us on a deep dive into the hidden forces behind soaring out-of-pocket costs, from rising medical costs to pandemic aftershocks and corporate profit pressures. Our guest,…
'Widespread Panic:' Rising Premiums and Shrinking Subsidies Explained
This time on Code WACK! We're digging into big questions: Are reduced health insurance subsidies leaving Americans with a bad case of sticker shock? If you're shopping on the ACA marketplace, what…
Love your Medicare Advantage plan? It does NOT love you back
This time on Code WACK! Will Humana and UnitedHealth Group be found by the courts to have prematurely denied or cut off physician-ordered post-acute care for Medicare Advantage members using AI…
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Code WACK! has published 322 episodes since September 2019, covering topics in Documentary, News.
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