With high health bills drowning patients in debt, some lawmakers want nonprofit hospitals to give away more free care. But experts warn that could wind up being worse for patients. 
Guests: Ge Bai, PhD, CPA, Professor of Accounting at Carey Business School, Professor of Health Policy at Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University  Jill Horwitz, PhD, JD, MPP, David Sanders Professor of Law and Medicine and Founding Faculty Director, Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits, UCLA Donna Lynne, DrPH, Denver Health CEO Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, President and CEO of America’s Essential Hospitals Gary Young, PhD, JD, Director of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research at Northeastern University 
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How Pushing Hospitals to Give Away More Free Care Could Backfire

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As Congress figures out the future of telehealth, we get a reality check from a top researcher about what this care has and has not delivered. 
Guest: Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, Professor, Brown University School of Public Health
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A Telehealth Report Card: What’s Worked and What Hasn’t

Just like the rest of us, when clinicians are short on time and overwhelmed by complex decisions, their brains look for corners to cut, numbers to round, patterns to repeat. This week, Dan talks with Harvard physician and economist Bapu Jena about the surprising impact these mental shortcuts can have on our health care.
Guest: Bapu Jena, MD, PhD, Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
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How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care

While stories of private equity firms running amok in health care are easy to find, new research paints a more nuanced picture.
Guests: Ambar La Forgia, PhD, Professor of Management of Organizations, Berkeley Haas School of Business Rachel Werner, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania Yashaswini Singh, PhD, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health Atul Gupta, PhD, Professor Health Care Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 
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Is Private Equity Ruining Health Care? It's Complicated.

A major new study throws cold water on a popular approach to relieving medical debt, but leading experts say the research also reveals a promising path forward. 
Guests: Henry Harrell, MD, Physician  Neale Mahoney, PhD, Professor of Economics, Stanford University Allison Sesso, President and CEO, Undue Medical Debt
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The Hunt for Lasting Fixes to America’s Medical Debt Crisis

One advocate’s vision for the crucial role patients must play in the future of health care AI.
Andrea Downing, President and Co-Founder, The Light Collective
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How Pushing Hospitals to Give Away More Free Care Could Backfire

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