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Can Washington Make Medicare and Medicaid Work Better Together?
From: Tradeoffs
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A bipartisan bill takes aim at a $500 billion health care problem that few people have ever heard of. Will it make care better for some of the coun...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 19:17
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for December 27, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: If Re-Elected, Trump Vows to Impose a Fascist Regime. But Are Americans Li...

Bought by WFHB, WETS, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Civics 101: The History of Labor Policy
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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The modern day workplace is the product of a centuries-long battle for fair wages, reasonable hours and safe conditions. Civics 101 tells the story...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUT, WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 57:29
  • Purchases: 5
Medicare’s Open Enrollment Mess
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Confusing Medicare ads are everywhere!, Credit: Leslie Walker/Tradeoffs
Every fall, an avalanche of advertising bombards the phones, televisions and mailboxes of the country’s 65 million Medicare beneficiaries. Private...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 19:15
The 12 Million People Lost in a Maze of Medicare and Medicaid
From: Tradeoffs
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Many of America’s poorest and sickest patients are stuck navigating two separate insurance programs — Medicare and Medicaid — to get the care they ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 24:12
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for June 21, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Opponents Gear Up to Fight GOP’s Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medi...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Meteoric Rise of Private Medicare Advantage Insurance
From: Tradeoffs
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Medicare is in the midst of a pretty dramatic transformation. Before long, two out of every three enrollees will likely have a private Medicare Adv...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 24:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Values of Medicare
From: Brown University School of Public Health
Series: Humans in Public Health
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Learn the upsides, downsides and incentives that guide these Medicare Advantage plans, and how reforming them could save taxpayers billions of doll...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Wonky Policy That’s Got Hospitals on High Alert
From: Tradeoffs
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Medicare could soon pay hospitals much less for common outpatient services like x-rays and checkups. This week, we explain an old policy gathering...

  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 17:51
Hospice Care’s Midlife Crisis
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Bethany Snider encouraged her nonprofit hospice agency to participate in a federal experiment to revamp Medicare's 40-year-old hospice policy, but she worries about its potential unintended consequences., Credit: Jon Cherry for Tradeoffs.
About half of people on Medicare use hospice care before they die, but as the popular benefit turns 40 this year, it is struggling with waste, acce...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 20:42
Medicare Director Meena Seshamani on CMS' New Drug Pricing Powers
From: Tradeoffs
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Medicare’s historic plan to slow prescription drug spending is taking shape. Last Thursday federal health officials began detailing how one of two ...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 13:51
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for January 18, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: GOP Extremists are Burning Down the House; Republican House Vote to Repeal...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for December 21, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: GOP Threatens to Hold Federal Debt Limit Hostage to Force Social Security,...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Medicare’s Prescription Drug Plan Makeover
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Therese Humphrey Ball has struggled to afford her multiple sclerosis medications since her diagnosis in 2003., Credit: Jamie Kelter Davis for Tradeoffs
An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 19:19
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for October 19, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: After Last Jan. 6th House Committee Hearing, Trump Continues to Escape Acc...

Bought by WFHB, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WETS


  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for August 3, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: In Historic Breakthrough, Senate Bill Requires Medicare to Negotiate Price...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for December 8, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Supreme Court Appears Ready to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Women’s Right to Abor...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for June 9, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Fragile Coalition Forms to Oust Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu; Case Now...

Bought by RADIOLEX and WKPW


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Bio Hackers versus Big Pharma: Tackling the Rising Cost of Insulin (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, many Americans are worried about their health insurance. The cost of treating the illness, if a patient en...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for February 19, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progessive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: With Attorney General Bill Barr as His Shield, Trump Enters New Phase of A...

Bought by KMXT and WKPW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Take Control Of Your Money Now!
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Hour
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Plus: The Three Most Dangerous Mistakes Investors Make, Medicare Can Be Complicated So We Made It Easy, Great News About College Savings Plans! How...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WLRN, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Deep Thinking The 2020 Stock Market
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Hour
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Plus: Medicare Rates Are Rising In 2020. Are You Ready? Approaching Retirement? Here Are 15 Top Tips For You Right Now, How To Successfully Return ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, and WLRN


  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bio Hackers versus Big Pharma: Tackling the Rising Cost of Insulin
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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As the cost of insulin continues to skyrocket patients are dying from trying to ration their medication. It's an extreme example, but not unusual -...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
We Just Got Real About Health Costs In Retirement (And It's Not so Bad)
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Half Hour
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Plus: Travel Tips From An Emmy-Winning Travel Detective​ & The Four Best Medicare Supplement Plan Providers

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
​​The Woman Who Smashed Codes: The Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Hour
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Plus: Travel Tips From An Emmy-Winning Travel Detective​, ​Health Costs In Retirement, ​​​The Four Best Medicare Supplement Plan Providers, & ​​Fir...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WLRN, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3