New from Code WACK, Should health insurers have the final say about your care?
This time on Code WACK! How do insurance companies put up barriers to addiction treatments? How does this affect treatment programs and their clients? And how would it be if we had Medicare for All? ...
15 Jul 202417min
New from Code WACK, Is addiction a choice? New perspectives on substance use disorder
This time on Code WACK! What are some of the most common misconceptions about people who are addicted to substances like opioids? What medicines are revolutionizing the way people are being treated t...
9 Jul 202416min
New from Code WACK, The ‘silent, slow apocalypse’ of corporate health insurance .
What is the true cost of the American health insurance system? What toll is it taking on both patients and providers? And what do we need instead? To find out, we recently interviewed Dr. Linda Peen...
1 Jul 202418min
New from Code WACK,The deadly calculation of our for-profit healthcare system.
How did a single mom in Kentucky, in the 1970s, become a physician, then a health insurance medical reviewer and eventually a whistleblower? To find out, we recently interviewed Dr. Linda Peeno, a ph...
25 Jun 202418min
New from Code WACK,Does silence still equal death? For too many Americans, the answer is yes.
In honor of PRIDE Month, we’re revisiting a popular episode about the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. What were the health policy failures that spurred so many Americans to militant activism? ...
20 Jun 202420min
New from Code WACK,The devastating 'domino effect' of state budget cuts.
This time on Code WACK! At least seven states are grappling with budget shortfalls in 2024. What goes on behind the scenes when a state needs to cut costs? Who stands to lose the most as programs are...
11 Jun 202412min
New from Code WACK,'Insidious, unethical,' yet legal: The Denial-of-Care model
This time on Code WACK! How do Managed Care health insurance plans hurt patients? Why is it legal for commercial health insurers to use Denial-of-Care as a business model? And what is one organizatio...
4 Jun 202418min
New from Code WACK,Health insurance: Is denying care the business model?
This time on Code WACK! What’s the impact of health insurance denial-of-care tactics? Who “wins” when new employees have to wait three months before their health insurance kicks in? What devastating p...
27 Mai 202419min
