The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso
Health care experts' podcasts on timely health policy topics.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 319
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Daniel George and Peter Whitehouse Discuss Their Just-Published Book, "American Dementia, Brain Health in an Unhealthy Society" (September 14th)
Ken Langa's dust jacket summary appropriately states, the authors, "make clear that, in order to understand health and cognitive decline more fully, we must consider the quality and inclusiveness of …
245th Interview: Dan Troy Discusses 3D Bioprinting Human Organs and the FDA's Regulation Thereof (September 7th)
Approximately 100,000 Americans are waiting an organ transplant. The vast majority will are awaiting a a kidney - that, on average, will take five years. Approximately 20 Americans die every day a…
Matt Salo Discusses Potential Medicaid Program Reforms Under Proposed Reconciliation Legislation (August 11th)
This past Tuesday Senate Democrats passed a $3.5 trillion budget resolution what would allow Congressional Democrats to fund significant health care reforms along with education, immigration, climate…
TFAH's Adam Lustig Discusses Social Determinants of Health Policy Opportunities (August 9th)
As listeners are likely aware the Biden administration has given priority to addressing health equity, meaning distributing health-related resources based on recipients’ needs. This is not surprisi…
Dr. Lawrence Krauss Discusses His Recently Published Book, "The Physics of Climate Change" (July 8th)
In late May I interviewed John Kotcher regarding his survey that showed physicians worldwide had a limited understanding of the climate crisis and its health effects. For example, 41% said they lack…
Harvard's Eric Reinhart Discusses Why Mass Incarceration Makes Us All Sick (June 24th)
The US prison and jail population is the largest in the world at two million. With 4.2% of the world’s population, the US accounts for roughly 25% of the world’s prisoners. African Americans, at 13…
240th Podcast: Brian Alexander Discusses His Recently Published, "The Hospital: Life, Death and Dollars in a Small American Town" (June 22nd)
In The Hospital, Mr. Alexander provides an account of Bryan, Ohio's Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers (or CHWCs) hospital’s efforts to stay solvent between 2018 and 2020. The work, in many wa…
Ms. Priti Krishtel Discusses the Biden Administration's Support for a Temporary WTO COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver (June 10th)
Last October India and South Africa appealed to the World Trade Organization to temporarily waive patent or intellectual property (IP) rights such that COVID-19 production and distribution worldwide …
Dr. Robert Phillips Discusses the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Recent Report, " Implementing High-Quality Primary Care" (June 8th)
Podcast listeners are aware US healthcare significantly underperforms. Among numerous other statistics, despite spending approximately twice what comparative countries spend on healthcare…
John Kotcher Discusses His Recent Survey of International Health Professionals Regarding Climate Crisis Advocacy (May 27th)
Despite a long history of engagement in various political and social and issues, for example, from the nuclear test ban treaty to the global AIDS epidemic, healthcare professionals have bee…
CUNY's Nick Freudenberg Discusses His Just-Published Work, "At What Cost, Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health" (May 20th)
As the book's dust jacket notes, At What Cost, Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health [ recently published by Oxford University Press] confronts how globalization, financial speculation…
The Arc's Nicole Jorwic Discusses President Biden's Care Economy Proposals (April 28th)
Over the past several weeks the Biden administration has incrementally released proposed infrastructure policies under the title, "Build Back Better." The White House defines infrastructur…
Mt Sinai's Professor Shanna Swan Discusses Her Recently Published Book, "Countdown" (April 22nd)
In her recently published volume, co-authored with Stacey Colina, Countdown: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development and Imperili…
Drs. Braveman and Gottlieb Discuss Addressing Social Determinants of Health Policy (March 31st)
(As explained on the podcast home page, this is the last of eight interviews concerning federal healthcare policy reform. This discussion is with UCSF's Dr. Paula Braveman and Dr. Laura Go…
Brookings' Dr. Matt Fiedler Discusses the Public Option (March 25th)
Despite coverage gains obtained under the ACA, today, approximately 13% of Americans or over 30 million are uninsured and 43 percent or approximately 115 million Americans are under-insured…
Dr. Kate Goodrich Discusses Healthcare Quality Reform (March 24th)
(As explained on the podcast home page, this is the seventh of eight interviews concerning federal healthcare policy reform. This discussion is with Humana's Dr. Kate Goodrich and was cond…
230th Interview: Professor Judy Feder Discusses Long Term Care Policy Reform (March 21st)
(As explained on the podcast home page, this is the sixth of eight interviews concerning federal healthcare policy reform. This discussion is with Georgetown University Professor Judy Fede…
Dr. Mark Miller Discusses Drug Pricing Policy Reform (March 16th)
(As explained on the podcast home page, this is the fifth of eight interviews concerning federal healthcare policy reform. This discussion is with Arnold Ventures' Dr. Mark Miller and cond…
Professor Michael Ruse Discusses the Gaia Hypothesis (March 11th)
(Please note: Because of poor sound quality, this interview was rerecorded on March 22nd.)
Discussing the climate crisis sooner or later begs the Gaia Hypothesis. Simply explained, the Ga…
Professor Mike Chernew Discusses Medicare Advantage Policy Reforms (March 8th)
(As explained on the podcast home page, this is the fourth of eight interviews concerning federal healthcare policy reform. This discussion is with Harvard economics Professor Michael Cher…