An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg


Latest Episodes

The Genetic Testing ‘Bait-and-Switch’
July 28, 2022

Can a health care company make enough people mad to face actual consequences?

One ER Doc’s Journey Through the Pandemic — and the Health Care System
July 07, 2022

Dr. Thomas Fishers book The Emergency chronicles the COVID pandemics first year in his Chicago ER.

These docs are trying to kick private equity out of their ER
June 16, 2022

Private equity-backed companies run many emergency rooms. Now a group of doctors is trying to stop them.

Credit Where It’s Due
May 26, 2022

A lot of medical debt will be coming off of credit reports. We werent convinced it was such a big deal. Turns out, we were wrong

“The Golden Age of Older Rectums” (for investors)
May 05, 2022

A new golden age is dawning, and it starts where the sun dont shine.

Sick Note, pt. 2: Dang
April 21, 2022

Dans COVID hung on there for a while, kept him SUPER tired. Yoinks. Back in a couple weeks!

Sick Note: Dan has COVID. (He's fine, but ...)
April 07, 2022

He's kinda tired. Back in 2 weeks with a full episode!

Fighting for the Right to Help
March 24, 2022

It’s illegal to advise someone who’s being sued for medical debt. (Unless you’re a lawyer.) As in, you could go to jail. Two New Yorkers are fighting to change that.

Swimming with sharks
March 10, 2022

Pharma and insurance companies play devious, clever games, competing for dollars. They’re sharks! And they want to eat us alive.

Introducing: Half Vaxxed
February 24, 2022

Last year we told the story — part caper, part tragedy — of how Philly handed off its COVID vaccine program to a wannabe tech bro right out of college. Now, the reporters who broke that story have mad