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
American workers' desperate fight for healthcare security
Show Notes
Check out Code WACK!'s latest podcast featuring Cindy Young, labor advocate and expert in health benefit negotiations, discussing the significance of the labor movement in America’s stru…
Thom Hartmann: Now's the time to fix our 'bloodsucking leech' of a healthcare system. Here's how.
Join Code WACK! for the second of two podcasts featuring Thom Hartmann on America's healthcare fiasco and what we can do about it.
After all, how does it help the nation’s health to have …
Tune in! Thom Hartmann discusses his new book & the racist history behind America's ongoing healthcare fiasco
Join us for a lively discussion with Thom Hartmann about how America’s healthcare system got so screwed up!
You probably know Thom Hartmann as America’s No. 1 progressive talk radio show host. But …
Wall Street's Latest Attack on Traditional Medicare
What’s the latest move to sell off traditional Medicare to venture capital and private equity? How will this affect your health care? Join host Brenda Gazzar and Dr. Ed Weisbart, board member of Phys…
The Disadvantages of Medicare Advantage
Despite the barrage of television commercials touting Medicare Advantage, is it really superior to traditional Medicare? How do the two programs differ on coverage, access and cost? Join host Brend…
Is California's healthcare future in the hands of a commission?
What essential coverage could Improved Medicare for All offer seniors that they can’t get through original Medicare? And what’s California up to when it comes to healthcare reform? Another commission…
Making Medicare Even Better? The Promise of Improved Medicare for All
What was health care like for American seniors before we had Medicare? How has Medicare helped keep retirees out of poverty? What are the gaps in Medicare today? How would Medicare for All be differe…
Decolonizing Health Care
What is the connection between colonization and the American healthcare system? How has systemic exploitation impacted the health of the most vulnerable among us? How will our healthcare system resp…
INFLAMED: Colonialism, Climate Change & Health Care
Is there a link between inflammation of the Earth and inflammation in our bodies? What about the disparate impact of climate change on BIPOC communities? How are concepts like "choice" being weaponiz…
Fighting for life in America's healthcare rabbit hole
What if you got a really terrible diagnosis in your mid-40s? ”Terrible” as in “unimaginably expensive?” “Terrible” as in “terminal?” Would you want to spend the time you have left on hold, searching …
Heartless Denial: HIV Discrimination & Organ Transplants
It’s tough enough to be born with a genetic predisposition to heart disease. Tougher still to suffer advanced heart failure at 43. Then add in an HIV diagnosis and a hyper-fragmented healthcare syste…
'Centuries of Inequities' & the COVID Crisis
How has America’s lack of a national, coordinated response to COVID affected us? What about the attacks on America’s public sector? Why did simply having to go to work turn out to be the single bigge…
Medicine's undeniable role in U.S. racism
How is racism baked into American society? What role has medicine played in propagating it? How does racism in health care affect Black and indigenous peoples? Listen as "full-time troublemaker" Dr.…
Restaurant Worker Abuse? Let Us Count The Ways
Does commercial health insurance - when it's actually affordable - even provide the kinds of coverage restaurant workers need to cope with backbreaking work and emotional abuse? Who would want to ris…
Why Restaurant Workers are Singing the Blues: Former Nashville Server Speaks Out
What health challenges do restaurant workers face as a result of their work? How did they fare during COVID? Can most restaurant workers really afford to miss a shift due to illness? Join Brenda Wayb…
Cherry picking? Lemon dropping? How health insurers weed out sick people
How do health insurance companies avoid insuring more costly patients? What’s a “trojan horse” when it comes to single-payer legislation? Does financing health care through an insurance system make …
Did NY Dems drop the ball on Medicare for All -- again?
What's long COVID like, after a year? How much does it cost to treat? Are some Americans still having to "stay married for the health insurance" - in 2021? What's one way Medicaid fails special needs…
Hallucinating & Hypertensive: A Long COVID Nightmare
As if having Long COVID weren’t enough, does America’s broken healthcare system make things worse? Does the social safety net - meaning Medicaid, unemployment and disability insurance - actually sav…
The Fallacy of Choice in U.S. Health Care
What if your surgery were suddenly cancelled the day before because your insurer deemed it "medically unnecessary?" What choices do Americans have when it comes to their care? Would global budgeting …
Setting the stage for health equity in America
What’s the point of pushing for Medicare for All when President Biden opposes it? What about racial equity in healthcare - is winning single payer enough? Is there any value in supporting incremental…