New from Code WACK,Healing Healthcare Trauma: Tools for Nurses and People Who Care
How do common American hospital practices traumatize patients and their nurses? What experiences erode trust between the sick and their healers? Join host Brenda Gazzar and Kathy Allan, RN and board-...
22 Mar 202214min
New from Code WACK, Rise Up: 'They get rich while we fade away’
For most of us, the horror of getting a cancer diagnosis is only the beginning of a protracted, exhausting and stressful struggle to get the coverage and care we need to survive. Patients with life-...
15 Mar 202218min
New from Code WACK, When Lawmakers Fail to Act: Taking Single Payer to the People
What can advocates do when lawmakers shirk their responsibility to fix a healthcare system that hurts so many? Are campaign contributions from the for-profit healthcare industry the reason legislator...
9 Mar 202212min
New from Code WACK, On The Front Lines of Washington's Single-Payer Fight
Whole Washington, a grassroots coalition in the Evergreen State, is committed to winning health care, "created by The People, for Everyone!" The Whole Washington Health Trust would be the nation's fi...
1 Mar 202212min
New from Code WACK, The American Healthcare Surprise
HMOs may seem like a good deal, but what if you need a medical specialist? Will the doctor you need be in your network? And what about those crazy bills? Join host Brenda Gazzar and guest Nilton Fons...
25 Feb 202211min
New from Code WACK, Beyond Pink Ribbons: One man's fight with breast cancer in America
How do our healthcare and health insurance systems respond to patients with rare diseases? What about diseases that are stereotypically considered a “woman’s disease?” Do all breast cancer patients - ...
16 Feb 202211min
New from Code WACK, Single-Payer Setback, Defeat or Fail? AB 1400's Day in the Sun
What should single-payer supporters around the country think about the defeat of California's AB 1400? Did the state just lose its bid for healthcare equity? Join guest Michael Lighty, president of He...
8 Feb 202216min
New from Code WACK, ‘Throwing Good Money After Bad?’ Why Biden’s Healthcare Strategy Isn’t Enough
Does the type of insurance you have make a difference in your care? If the goal is equity, can America's multi-payer system ever deliver? Listen as guest Dr. Paul Y. Song, radiation oncologist and pre...
1 Feb 202212min
