Why Single-Payer Healthcare Is So Bad
Compared to other types of universal healthcare systems, what we call "single-payer" healthcare is possibly the worst of all.
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Can 12th-Century Medicine Save 21st-Century Health Care?
Accad and Koka interview Dr. Victoria Sweet, author of the best-sellers God’s Hotel and Slow Medicine, two of the most important books on medicine in recent times.
The Unseen Costs of “Medicare for All”
Many of the worst costs that will come with "Medicare for All" won't be calculated in dollars. They'll come in the form of doctor shortages, long wait times, and less access to care.
The Unseen Costs of “Medicare for All”
Many of the worst costs that will come with "Medicare for All" won't be calculated in dollars. They'll come in the form of doctor shortages, long wait times, and less access to care.
The Gateway Drug Myth
The Time magazine article creating "the gateway drug" myth in the 1970s provided no citations for its claims, except ambiguous references to unnamed “experts.” The evidence remains elusive forty years later.
Single-Payer Healthcare Is the Worst Kind of Universal Healthcare
Compared to other types of universal healthcare systems, what we call "single-payer" healthcare is possibly the worst of all.
The Gateway Drug Myth
The Time magazine article creating "the gateway drug" myth in the 1970s provided no citations for its claims, except ambiguous references to unnamed “experts.” The evidence remains elusive 40 years later.
In the Footsteps of Donabedian: The US News and World Report Hospital Ranking System
Accad and Koka have a fascinating conversation with Ben Harder, an expert in hospital and physician quality ratings.
A Debate on Vaccine Mandates
Two distinguished guests — Dorit Reiss and Jonathan Howard — join the show to debate the issue of vaccine mandates.
Defenders of the Status Quo: Arthur Caplan and the Modern Bioethics Movement
A short episode commenting on a recent piece in Medscape by Arthur L. Caplan, one of the most influential bioethicists of the last forty years.
