‘An Arm and a Leg’: Host Dan Weissmann talks price transparency on ‘Axios Today’
As we settle into the new year, we have two small doses of good news.
First, a new federal rule could help cut through one health care issue. Host Dan Weissmann talked about the rule which requires hospitals to make public the prices they negotiate with insurers in a short conversation with his former public-radio colleague, Niala Boodhoo, for the daily-news podcast Axios Today.
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You ll find more detail on that rule in this story from reporter Celia Llopis-Jepsen, whose reporting about a $50,000 air ambulance ride formed the core of a recent episode about how consumers get squeezed by insurers on one side and providers on the other.
‘An Arm and a Leg: A look back at 2020 What we learned and where we’re headed
Jan 6 2021
This episode turns the tables: Host Dan Weissmann gets interviewed about what he learned in 2020 and what s ahead for the show with T.K. Dutes, a radio host and podcast-maker who is also a former nurse, so she knows a thing or two about the health care system. She chronicled her career transition in an episode of NPR s Life Kit.
During their conversation, Dutes shared stories about life before and after health insurance. She coins what could be a new tagline for An Arm and a Leg : Where there s money, there ll be scams.