The Affordable Care Act authorized broadened Medicaid eligibility requirements, yet a sizeable minority of states have not expanded the program. This podcast was inspired by the referenda undertaken by residents in several states to expand Medicaid,

The health care system has been relentlessly skewered, which is useful in efforts to identify its problems. Yet problem identification cannot provide us with the seismic change that’s necessary to transform the system.

Seven out of ten Americans are overweight or obese, and the numbers have been growing. Janis Powers considers obesity to be the greatest challenge to the American health care system. Obesity correlates to every major chronic disease.

The single payer/universal health care/Medicare-for-All idea has become an increasingly popular subject, especially as the 2020 campaigns get underway. Powers discusses why, on the surface, the concept has merit. Upon further scrutiny,

The notion that access to health insurance should improve health outcomes has long been accepted in the mainstream. Yet the data indicates that this conception is flawed. In this podcast, Powers will review key statistics that demonstrate that health i...

“Health care is a right” has become a mainstay slogan for political leaders, health care luminaries and many American citizens. Powers offers up her opinion – that health care is not a right – and bases it on the meanings of the terms health care and r...