May 15, 2023

Podcast host Joe Sparks discusses the new Medicare for All bills in the House and Senate, and summarizes why we need Medicare for

By Brenda GazzarCode Wack Podcast, May 15, 2023

Why is it that infant mortality rates in America differ by race? Why are

May 1, 2023

Podcast host Joe Sparks suggests ways to hold commercial health insurance companies accountable for their widespread denial of care, and to stem some

April 15, 2023

Podcast host Joe Sparks marvels at the way policymakers bend over backwards to support Medicare Advantage, despite well-documented patterns of wrongdoing on the

By Rose Aguilar and Bee Soll
KALW Public Media, Your Call, April 12, 2023

On this edition of Your Call, we speak with two doctors who are

April 1, 2023

Rheumatology Practice Manager Julie Baak, of the Arthritis Center in Bridgeton, Mo., describes how commercial insurance companies bully independent medical practices by overwhelming

By Patrick Rucker, Maya Miller and David Armstrong
ProPublica, March 25, 2023
When a stubborn pain in Nick van Terheyden’s bones would not subside, his doctor had

March 15, 2023

Podcast host Joe Sparks considers the federal government’s swift action on behalf of depositors with Silicon Valley Bank, and wonders why similar action

By Brenda GazzarCode Wack Podcast, March 13, 2023

How does running a hospital like a business run counter to providing reliable and

By Brenda GazzarCode Wack Podcast, March 6, 2023

What’s the story behind the EMTALA patient protection law of 1986, which requires hospitals to stabilize

March 1, 2023

Podcast host Joe Sparks marvels at the stubborn persistence of managed care in the U.S., which began in earnest with the HMO Act

By Dave Davies
NPR, Fresh Air, February 21, 2023



Dr. Farzon Nahvi spent the first few months of the pandemic as an emergency room physician in Manhattan.