An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg


Latest Episodes

Quick update from Arm and a Leg HQ
October 20, 2022

... and a preview of what's coming up

California plans to make its own insulin and sell it super-cheap. Really.
September 29, 2022

California has put up $100 million to produce its own insulin. How's it going to work? (IS it going to work?)

Congress fixed (a piece of) Medicare. It only took a few decades.
September 08, 2022

Lots of seniors have to pay many thousands of dollars for drugseven tens of thousandsor do without life-saving medicine. Thats finally going to change.

The Medical-bill "Negotiation Lab"
August 18, 2022

Negotiating medical bills can work but it can be uncertain, scary. What if there were a science to it?

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!