New from Code WACK. Fed up with profit-driven health care? New law puts patients first.
What kind of a healthcare system could actually promote equity? How does a new bill recently signed by Governor Gavin Newsom get California closer to universal, single-payer health care? And how is it...
21 Nov 202315min
New from Code WACK, Fighting the Medicare Advantage scourge
What can be done in light of Medicare Advantage overcharging taxpayers to the tune of around $140 billion a year? What’s the Medigap Trap and why should you worry about it? Why should we work to impr...
14 Nov 202313min
New from Code WACK, Four ways Medicare Advantage is ripping you off.
Medicare Advantage is overcharging the federal government – and you won’t believe by how much! How’s this affecting taxpayers like you and me and what can be done about it? To find out, we spoke to Dr...
7 Nov 202314min
New from Code WACK, Stranded: Throwing a lifeline to the millions losing Medicaid
THIS TIME ON Code WACK! We're taking a closer look at what the millions of people being kicked off Medicaid can do about it. What’s being done to help them? And what else could we do to make sure peop...
30 Okt 202314min
New from Code WACK, Millions of Americans lost in the Medicaid purge.
THIS TIME ON Code WACK! Now that COVID protections have ended, what does that mean for the millions of people getting booted off Medicaid in the country? Where does that leave our nation’s most vulner...
24 Okt 202316min
New from Code WACK, Indian Health Service: A broken promise?
THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! What’s being done to help elder Native Americans receive culturally competent long term care? Would it surprise you to learn that relying on the Indian Health Service may not b...
16 Okt 202317min
New from Code WACK, Enduring Inequalities: Health Care in America's Indigenous Communities
In honor of Indigenous People’s Day, we’re examining healthcare inequities in Native communities. What challenges do they face when it comes to accessing quality health care in America? What problems ...
10 Okt 202315min
New from Code WACK, Meet the Wall Street darlings ruining our health care
How did UnitedHealth Group, America’s largest health insurer by revenue, make billions in profit in the second quarter of 2023? How do UnitedHealth Group, CVS and Cigna control 80 percent of the drug ...
2 Okt 202318min
