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Episode 41: Racism, Health Care, and Medicare for All

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Episode 41: Racism, Health Care, and Medicare for All is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. My guest, Sanjeev Sriram, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician in Southeast Washington, DC, and is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Sriram is the Senior … [Read more...]

Systems Comparison

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This link provides a summary of how current and proposed health care systems compare to single-payer Medicare for All, Special Communication: Systems Comparison. The PDF can be found here, Health Care Systems Comparison Chart. I created this chart to provide a succinct summary of the benefits of Medicare for All and to assist in counteracting some of the misinformation … [Read more...]

Episode 40: Join the Fight

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Episode 40: Join the Fight is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. My guest, Chrissy Holt, has a Masters of Science in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics and is a seasoned businesswoman who has lived or worked in North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Australia, and England. Her 30-year … [Read more...]

Episode 39: How Medicare Integrated Hospitals

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Episode 39: How Medicare Integrated Hospitals is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. It is a special episode to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the passage of Medicare on July 30, 1965. My guest, Dr. Barbara Berney, MPH, PhD, produced the documentary, “Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights … [Read more...]

Episode 38: Health Inequality and Physical Structure

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Episode 38: Health Inequality and Physical Structure is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. My guest, Gracie Himmelstein, and her sister, Kathryn Himmelstein, MD, cowrote a paper, “Inequality Set in Concrete,” which examines how unequal hospital facilities and capital assets contribute to ongoing racial … [Read more...]