Host @armandalegshow. The most fun you might have while also getting super-mad. Also, useful.
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An awards show for nerds like me! The Shkreli Awards — named for pharma bro Martin Shkreli — 'honor' the worst in American health care.
You know we covered it, and interviewed the host, Dr. Vikas Saini.
New ep, out today.
armandalegshow.com/episode/t…
I got to talk about health insurance with @nytimes personal-finance column last week. They picked the right quote:
“Like everything else with health care, evaluating insurance options is just extremely annoying.”
You know it’s true.
Gift link: nytimes.com/2024/08/30/your-…
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Charity care can reduce or wipe out hospital bills for a LOT of people. Most hospitals are legally required to offer charity care... but not enough people know about it.
To understand why, we could use your help.
armandalegshow.com/bills/
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We love this epic thread from @doctorow on the U.S. health care system (and we are super-honored to be cited in it)!
The US has the rich world's most expensive health care system, and that system delivers the worst health outcomes of any country in the rich world.
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ALT A male figure with a doctor's scrub-cab and forehead mirror holds another male figure, head swaddled in bloody bandages, by his bunched collar. The doctor's arm is pulled back to punch the patient. The doctor's fist is translucent, revealing his jacket and tie. They are posed on a chalkboard background. Written on this chalkboard, in chalk handwriting font, is endless lines of cryptic medical billing-codes.
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I think about this @marshallallen story every time I see a Top Doctors list in a magazine. propublica.org/article/top-d…
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I am absolutely devastated and shocked to hear that my former colleague and friend @marshallallen died. There are not enough words to describe what a wonderful, wonderful person Marshall was. This is beyond crushing. Please help his family. gofundme.com/f/support-for-a…
Love seeing this — and that the event raised funds for the Debt Collective and @dollarfor_
nytimes.com/2024/05/06/fashi…
Hosptial establishes a collections agency, to more-effectively terrify patients into paying up
And the agency sues over the debt!
Ugh. Terrific reporting on this gross stuff from @StribJO
m.startribune.com/the-medica…
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FTC, @JusticeATR, and @HHSGov launched an easily accessible online portal for the public to report health care practices that may harm competition: HealthyCompetition.gov /2
Unhappy tax day-- here's a scam I hadn't heard of before: Scammy insurance brokers signing people up for Obamacare coverage WITHOUT people's knowledge/consent. Then pocketing commissions.
... and the victim finds out when they try to file taxes.
kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
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The news about layoffs at WBEZ is tragic. The salt in the wound is that the CEO makes $633,310 – a nearly 19% increase from a year earlier. Sending love and solidarity to my former colleagues. You deserve better. Chicago deserves better. – at Chicago, IL
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Big makers of inhalers *slash* out-of-pocket costs for patients "to avoid the stigma of what happened to the insulin producers" — the FTC and some U.S. Senators (and a generic competitor) were primed to come after them.
from @matthewstoller via @doctorow
thebignewsletter.com/p/monop…
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We're looking for a new colleague! We've got an engagement-journalism project that needs a great half-time person to power it.
Could it be you? Please apply!
Could be someone you know? Spread the word!
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Hey! I’m gonna be on tv — 9:15am ET on CSPAN!
(8:15 for me, here in Chicago, your time zone may vary.)
SAT| Dan Weissmann (@danweissmann) "An Arm and a Leg" podcast creator and host discusses the podcast, the cost of health care, and related news of the day.
Watch live at 9:15am ET!
Big thanks, @jrovner for this opportunity to talk about our new stories about hospital lawsuits against patients!
Also this week, a chat with @danweissmann from the @armandalegshow about hospitals suing patients (still). kffhealthnews.org/news/podca…
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NEW: On the latest episode of @armandalegshow, hear how a couple wrote and directed a short film, starring one of them — just to maintain health insurance through the actors union.
Show hosted by @danweissmann: kffhealthnews.org/news/podca…
For years, a powerful Louisville hospital sued people for unpaid bills. Experts say they could have gotten free care
via @jaredtbennett at @LouPubMedia
(Also: I notice @Dollarfor_ helping the patient here. 💪)
lpm.org/investigate/2023-11-…
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She vowed to clear strangers’ medical debt in a posthumous viral post
It took me two days to find the words for this piece. It hurt. I let it hurt. And then I wrote coping with all those feelings. wapo.st/3sFNSeT
Seriously one of the best books I’ve read in years. Don’t sleep.
BIG OLE SALE.
If you’ve been wanting to check out my book on healing from complex PTSD — where I try to destigmatize and demystify a painful (but weirdly empowering, kinda) condition… it’s just $2.99 on Kindle. TODAY ONLY SO DON’t DELAY!
amazon.com/What-My-Bones-Kno…
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This story highlights holes in insurance policy & how health care providers routinely make up shit on bills (like how this visit was 20-29 mins when it wasn't). Of course, it magically goes away if someone asks what's up. Great reporting by @Julie_appleby. teapawt.org/KFFHealthNews/status/1…
NEW: Completing a routine depression screening questionnaire during an annual checkup is cost-free under federal law. But, as one woman discovered, answering a doctor’s follow-up questions might not be.
Latest #BilloftheMonth, reported by @Julie_appleby: kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
