An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg


Latest Episodes

New lessons from the fight for charity care
November 22, 2024

For instance: It's a $14 billion battle.

Fight health insurance — with help from AI
November 01, 2024

I hate insurance companies, says tech worker Holden Karau. So she made a bot to battle with them.

Can racism make you sick?
October 17, 2024

Violence, silences, and public health, with journalist Cara Anthony

Special Feature: A Beloved Nursing Home, from “To See Each Other”
October 01, 2024

We're sharing an episode of To See Each Other, about a question thats SUPER-relevant to this show:  How do we pay for long-term care, like nursing homes?  To See Each Other aims to complicate the narrative about small-town Americans. In

“Baby steps” in the fight against facility fees
September 26, 2024

States are tackling facility fees, but its slow going.

Anatomy of a Fall: One rural hospital’s ransomware story (from Click Here)
September 05, 2024

How one rural hospital dealt with a cyberattack.

Don’t get “bullied” into paying what you don’t owe
August 15, 2024

How one woman stared down a six-figure medical bill and won.

We want to see your hospital bills
July 25, 2024

What do they say about charity care?

The woman who beat an $8,000 hospital fee
July 11, 2024

Facility fees from hospitals are more common than ever and one woman was determined not to pay.

Coming soon: your stories on facility fees
July 03, 2024

For months now, youve been sharing stories with us about facility fees, those sneaky fees that keep showing up on your medical bills. Facility fees are kind of like a cover charge for visiting a health care facility, usually one owned by a hospital.