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Episode 97: Some Changes Needed in Our Current Healthcare System

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Episode 97: Some Changes Needed in Our Current Healthcare System is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why certain companies should not be allowed to assist or advise the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, why we need to track denial of … [Read more...]

Episode 96: Why Does the Government Keep Letting Medicare Advantage Plan Companies Off the Hook

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Episode 96: Why Does the Government Keep Letting Medicare Advantage Plan Companies Off the Hook is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why, in his opinion, Medicare Advantage plan companies are like bank robbers that the government supports and what needs to be done to … [Read more...]

Episode 95: Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Automatic Denials

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Episode 95: Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Automatic Denials is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. In this episode, my guest Julie Baak discusses Pharmacy Benefit Managers or PBMs and automatic denials, and how PBMs and automatic denials harm patients. Julie is the Practice Manager of the Arthritis Center in Bridgeton, … [Read more...]

Episode 94: Why Doesn’t the Government Provide the Same Help to People Who Are Denied Care?

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Episode 94: Why Doesn’t the Government Provide the Same Help to People Who Are Denied Care? is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks asks why the government doesn’t provide the same quick help to people who are denied care by health insurance companies as it did to the Silicon … [Read more...]

Episode 93: Fifty Years of Failure

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Episode 93: Fifty Years of Failure is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks discusses how the HMO Act of 1973 led to fifty years of failure and caused the U.S. to end up with the most expensive healthcare system in the world while having the worst overall … [Read more...]