New from Code WACK, Even the Rich Suffer from America's Wack Healthcare System
Description - Why are nearly half of all U.S. residents burdened with medical debt? Does it simply result from people making poor personal choices, or is it a symptom of a deeper, systemic problem wit...
14 Sep 202216min
New from Code WACK, Is The Tide Turning for Medicare for All?
This Labor Day Code WACK! is taking a fresh look at the different perspectives held by organized labor in the fight for Medicare for All. Host Brenda Gazzar and Cindy Young, labor advocate and expert ...
6 Sep 20229min
New from Code WACK, How Big Pharma makes a killing on patients’ suffering
What happens when the cost of surviving an illness is so high, it's simply out of reach? How does Big Pharma enjoy such outsized profits from cancer and other treatments? And what about patients who a...
31 Aug 202217min
New from Code WACK, The politics of pregnancy: Is parenthood destiny or choice in America?
How have government policies created inequitable access to abortion? What's the Hyde Amendment and what has been its impact over the past 45 years? What role are some states playing in the effort to a...
24 Aug 202216min
New from Code WACK, Thrown into chaos.’ The shifting abortion landscape in post-Dobbs America
What are the implications of the Dobbs ruling for people seeking reproductive care across the United States? What kind of burdens will they face if they have to wait days or even weeks to get an abort...
17 Aug 202218min
New from Code WACK, When Having Health Insurance Doesn’t Help
Why is it that many Americans who have health insurance are still not able to get the care they need? How are health insurers increasing their profits at the expense of American families? To find ou...
11 Aug 20228min
New from Code WACK, Punished for Being Poor? Battling Medical Debt in America
How is medical debt a racial justice issue, and what's being done about it? What role does the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion play in reducing medical debt and keeping rural hospitals open? ...
2 Aug 202216min
New from Code WACK, A perfect storm: racism, chronic Illness & medical debt
New from Code WACK, A perfect storm: racism, chronic Illness & medical debt by Nurse Talk
26 Jul 202216min
