New from Code WACK, What's fueling America's dreadful nursing home care?
This time on Code WACK! Are regulations meant to protect nursing home residents being enforced? How is understaffing at the California Dept of Public Health affecting nursing home regulation? Are for...
11 Mar 202411min
New from Code WACK,' How U.S. nursing homes are failing us.
The COVID pandemic devastated nursing homes and other long-term care facilities highlighting the need for major reforms. What are the policies behind the often dismal performance of the nursing home i...
5 Mar 202418min
New from Code WACK,How Medicare ACOs restrict care and offer dangerous incentives
Why is tying a medical provider’s pay to the outcomes of their patients a bad idea? Why else should we be concerned about Accountable Care Organizations and the privatization of traditional Medicare? ...
28 Feb 202419min
New From Code WACK, 'You're not safe': How middlemen are corrupting traditional Medicare
This time on Code WACK! You've probably heard about the dangers of Medicare Advantage, but did you know that traditional Medicare is being privatized too? How is this corrupting our healthcare syste...
19 Feb 202419min
New from Code WACK, 'Nothing about us without us!' Trans community fights back
This time on Code WACK! Some states are making it easier for trans and non-binary individuals to get gender-affirming care but in other states, a record number of laws have been passed to outlaw – ...
19 Feb 202417min
New from Code WACK, Transgender denied! Healthcare stigma & discrimination in rural America
This time on Code WACK! What unique challenges do transgender individuals face when it comes to accessing health care - especially in rural America? Why is gender affirming care considered potential...
5 Feb 202417min
New from Code WACK, A life-saving Rx for Skid Row? Methadone, harm reduction & reparations
What can be done about the fentanyl crisis on Los Angeles’ Skid Row that disproportionately affects Black residents? What policy solutions are needed? In light of the historical evidence of racial dis...
30 Jan 202415min
New from Code WACK,From Hollywood to Skid Row: What's behind LA County's ballooning overdose deaths?
More than 3,000 people died of drug overdoses in Los Angeles County alone in 2022 and last October, Hollywood actor Matthew Perry, of “Friends” fame, became one of the latest overdose victims when he ...
23 Jan 202412min
