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
New from Code WACK,Can we stem the tide of healthcare inflation?
This time on Code WACK! Can California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability stem the rising tide of healthcare inflation? Are similar efforts to rein in healthcare costs happening in other stat...
16 Jan 202415min
New from Code WACK,A new sheriff in town? How one state is fighting high healthcare costs
The New Year is ringing in higher health care premiums while U.S. life expectancy continues to fall. Despite spending more on health care than any other country, we don’t seem to be getting much bang ...
9 Jan 202416min
New from Code WACK, Why millions of Americans seek health care abroad, despite the risks.
In honor of more than 200 podcast episodes and the New Year, we’re running one of our oldies but goodies about the medical tourism phenomenon - Need surgery but your $7,000 deductible is in the way?...
3 Jan 202417min
New From Code WACK, 'Absolutely bonkers': The hassles doctors face in treating patients.
Patients aren’t the only people who are frustrated with our current healthcare system. So are doctors! Why? And why doesn’t free market capitalism work with health care? To find out, we spoke to awa...
26 Des 202317min
New from Code WACK, Healing US: Uniting across the political spectrum.
How did the new documentary Healing US, about the drawbacks of America’s for-profit healthcare system, get made? Which harrowing stories did they highlight? When Americans need health care, why do so ...
19 Des 202315min
New from Code WACK, Changing the game for Black expectant parents.
How can we, as a society, better support Black expectant parents and their babies in light of how vulnerable they are to dying in America? And what root causes must be addressed to do this most effect...
12 Des 202316min
