Code WACK!
Code WACK! shines a light on our callous healthcare system and what we can do about it. It reveals the healthcare hassles that - far from being just annoying - threaten our peace of mind, our financial security and at times, our very lives. Join us each week as we chat about the challenges that patients and healthcare providers face, amplifying their voices and examining a range of possible solutions, including Medicare for All. Powered by HEAL California, a project of the California OneCare Education Fund, Code WACK! informs the vital discussion of healthcare reform.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 292
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
From Healthy Infant to Lead Poisoned? One Family’s Harrowing Journey
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Imagine discovering that your infant child—your nine-month-old baby—has lead poisoning – a toxin banned from paint and phased out of gasoline decades ago. So why do thousands…
Labor Day: How Trump's Policies Threaten Workers’ Rights, Safety & Retirement
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What happens when millions are stripped of Medicaid coverage? Who shoulders the costs when hospitals are forced to care for more uninsured patients? And how will unions and t…
The One Big Beautiful Bill? It's a Bitch!
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What happens when millions are stripped of Medicaid coverage? Who shoulders the costs when hospitals are forced to care for more uninsured patients? And how will unions and t…
Can a united West Coast win single-payer?
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What if California, Oregon, and Washington joined forces to win federal approval for universal, single-payer healthcare? Could a united West Coast shift the balance of power …
Had it with the health insurance racket? Know your options!
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Why are some Americans choosing to go off the health insurance grid? For Lani Gonzales, entrepreneur and hypnotherapist, it was the mounting frustration with denials, delays …
The House Always Wins: Why One Woman Gave Up On U.S. Health Insurance
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What would you do if your health insurer suddenly dropped you, and the care you needed cost thousands out of pocket? That’s what happened to Lani Gonzales, a former attorney f…
When Doctors Suffer Too: The Hidden Crisis of Moral Injury in U.S. Healthcare
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Most of us know that our profit-driven healthcare system results in moral injury. How is moral harming physicians? And how is it harming patients? Dr. Diljeet Singh is an int…
Betrayal, Burnout & Moral Injury: Doctors and the Financialization of Medicine
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What happens when doctors feel forced to act against their own moral compass? When financial barriers—not clinical judgment—determine the care a patient receives?
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Can California beat the odds and ditch for-profit healthcare?
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As Trump Administration attacks on public health care ramp up, what’s California doing to fight back? Can the state break free from a system that puts profits over patients — …
Independence? Unless we get health care, it's a sham.
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What does freedom really mean when, in 2025, health care costs more than $31,000 a year for the average American family? This Independence Day, we’re revisiting a powerful co…
Medicaid on the chopping block: What’s at stake?
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As millions of Americans face losing their health coverage, what can single-payer advocates do right now to protect our care and push for something better? What’s truly at sta…
Death by a thousand cuts: Trump's attacks on our health care
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How are young people pushing back against a potential rollback that could once again block DACA recipients, or Dreamers, and thousands of others from enrolling in Affordable C…
Weaponizing health care: The Trump rule targeting young immigrants
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As federal officials carry out large-scale, military-style raids and widespread arrests of undocumented immigrants, another fight is quietly brewing — one that could push thou…
How Big Insurance Rigs the Rules - and What We Can Do About It
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How are big insurance companies dodging the very rules meant to protect patients — and turning our health care system into a profit machine for Wall Street? What can we the peo…
We can save billions on health care — why won’t Congress do it?
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Are Americans finally waking up to the truth about single-payer healthcare? With new Medicare for All bills recently reintroduced in Congress, we’re setting the record straig…
Profits over patients - America's sickening healthcare system
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Medicare for All is back in the spotlight! With two new bills recently introduced in Congress, what makes these proposals different from earlier versions— and why are some advo…
Sex Ed, Medicaid, & Abortion Access: A trio of policies worth fighting for
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Which states have received the highest scores in the rePROs Fight Back’s 13th annual 50-state report card on sexual and reproductive health and rights released in March -- and …
Criminalizing Choice: The Deadly Cost of Denying Abortion
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How is America doing on sexual and reproductive health nearly three years after the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade? What are the real-life human rights consequences of a…
Taking It to the Streets: National Rally Against Greed in Health Care
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Single payer is back in the spotlight with Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Pramila Jayapal submitting new Medicare for All bills for 2025-26! How will the upcoming N…
National Day of Action: Single payer & the power of righteous fury
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Why is National Single Payer organizing a National Day of Action on May 31 amid cuts and freezes to public health programs? How has an incremental approach to universal healt…