Almost every patient in America has had a frustrating experience in a hospital setting where we feel like were on a medical conveyor belt that moves WAY too slowly. We sit for too long in a waiting r

Today we bring you behind the scenes into our office at Healthcare NOW. Just like the TV show The Office, we have our hijinks and wacky characters, including some very smart interns! They have prepped

Its summer, the sun is blazing, and we only have one thing on our minds - the upcoming thirtieth anniversary of the high-octane, expertly paced thriller The Fugitive, originally released August 6, 19

As Tom Petty taught us all in the 1980s, Waiting is the Hardest Part. Thats even more true when youre waiting to see a doctor for a problem that needs attention. Anyone who has ever tried to secure

Usually we spend our time on this podcast talking about our for-profit healthcare system and why we need to make healthcare a public good, but in this episode were taking a detour into another privat

Virtually all Americans know that our healthcare system is broken and that its working against us. But who is the villain in this story? Who is responsible for maintaining this healthcare system, and

If you missed our annual Single Payer Strategy Conference, it's your lucky day. Today we share a conference presentation all about the impact of Private Equity on healthcare (spoiler alert: it's not g

When kids turn two or three years old, they learn to tell what is called a primary lie, which is lying without much sophistication or awareness of how the listener will perceive the lie (hint: you c

Back in 2008, the TV show Breaking Bad asked a question that is still on a lot of Americans minds: How far would you go to pay for medical care? In Breaking Bad, the main character ends up building a

2013 was a big year -- we had just survived 2012 (the year the Mayans thought the world was going to end), we were all doing the Harlem Shake on Vine, and -- most importantly -- our regular co-host Be