An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg


Latest Episodes

The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care
January 16, 2025

The Lown Institutes contest for this years most outrageous stories of greed in health care.

This is An Arm and a Leg
January 06, 2025

A show about the cost of health care

A listener fighting the good fight
December 30, 2024

To close out the year, we spoke with a very cool listener a medical resident fighting for change.

Revisiting ‘Christmas In July’
December 12, 2024

From the archives: a family tragedy, a 40-year tradition, and a $1 million in medical debt erased.

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.