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An Arm and a Leg
An Arm and a Leg
148 episodes
2 weeks ago
An Arm and a Leg is a podcast about why health care costs so freaking much and what we can (maybe) do about it. If you’ve ever been surprised by a medical bill, you’re in good company. But as our team of seasoned journalists has learned from years of reporting — you’re not always helpless. We don’t have all the answers, but we’ll offer you tools and big picture insights with plenty of humor and heart.  An Arm and a Leg is co-produced with KFF Health News and distributed in partnership with KUOW. You can support An Arm and a Leg by donating at armandalegshow.com/support/ Show Credits: Created, hosted, and produced by Dan Weissmann with senior producer Emily Pisacreta and engagement producer Claire Davenport, edited by Ellen Weiss. Audio wizard: Adam Raymonda. Music is by Dave Weiner and Blue Dot Sessions. Bea Bosco is our consulting director of operations. Lynne Johnson is our operations manager.
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An Arm and a Leg is a podcast about why health care costs so freaking much and what we can (maybe) do about it. If you’ve ever been surprised by a medical bill, you’re in good company. But as our team of seasoned journalists has learned from years of reporting — you’re not always helpless. We don’t have all the answers, but we’ll offer you tools and big picture insights with plenty of humor and heart.  An Arm and a Leg is co-produced with KFF Health News and distributed in partnership with KUOW. You can support An Arm and a Leg by donating at armandalegshow.com/support/ Show Credits: Created, hosted, and produced by Dan Weissmann with senior producer Emily Pisacreta and engagement producer Claire Davenport, edited by Ellen Weiss. Audio wizard: Adam Raymonda. Music is by Dave Weiner and Blue Dot Sessions. Bea Bosco is our consulting director of operations. Lynne Johnson is our operations manager.
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Documentary
Society & Culture,
Health & Fitness,
Medicine
Episodes (20/148)
An Arm and a Leg
A longtime expert puts 2025-so-far in perspective
2 days ago
25 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
Why ‘The Pitt’ is our fave new drama
3 weeks ago
22 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
Winning a two-year fight over a bogus bill
1 month ago
23 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
A medical-debt watchdog gets sidelined by the new administration
2 months ago
19 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
Big news: Our ‘First Aid Kit’ newsletter is now weekly
2 months ago
4 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
How do you deal with wild drug prices?
Tons of people spend so much time and energy trying to get their meds at a reasonable price. And we want to hear how it went for you.
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2 months ago
9 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care
The Lown Institute’s contest for this year’s most outrageous stories of greed in health care.
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3 months ago
25 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
This is An Arm and a Leg
A show about the cost of health care
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3 months ago

An Arm and a Leg
A listener fighting the good fight
To close out the year, we spoke with a very cool listener – a medical resident fighting for change.
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4 months ago
11 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
Revisiting ‘Christmas In July’
From the archives: a family tragedy, a 40-year tradition, and a $1 million in medical debt erased.
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4 months ago
27 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
New lessons from the fight for charity care
For instance: It's a $14 billion battle.
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5 months ago
28 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
Fight health insurance — with help from AI
“I hate insurance companies,” says tech worker Holden Karau. So she made a bot to battle with them.
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6 months ago
22 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
Can racism make you sick?
Violence, silences, and public health, with journalist Cara Anthony
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6 months ago
24 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
Special Feature: A Beloved Nursing Home, from “To See Each Other”
7 months ago
31 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
“Baby steps” in the fight against facility fees
States are tackling facility fees, but it’s slow going.
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7 months ago
23 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
Anatomy of a Fall: One rural hospital’s ransomware story (from Click Here)
How one rural hospital dealt with a cyberattack.
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8 months ago
27 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
Don’t get “bullied” into paying what you don’t owe
How one woman stared down a six-figure medical bill and won.
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8 months ago
24 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
We want to see your hospital bills
What do they say about charity care?
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9 months ago
3 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
The woman who beat an $8,000 hospital fee
Facility fees from hospitals are more common than ever – and one woman was determined not to pay.
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9 months ago
25 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
Coming soon: your stories on facility fees
10 months ago
2 minutes

An Arm and a Leg
An Arm and a Leg is a podcast about why health care costs so freaking much and what we can (maybe) do about it. If you’ve ever been surprised by a medical bill, you’re in good company. But as our team of seasoned journalists has learned from years of reporting — you’re not always helpless. We don’t have all the answers, but we’ll offer you tools and big picture insights with plenty of humor and heart.  An Arm and a Leg is co-produced with KFF Health News and distributed in partnership with KUOW. You can support An Arm and a Leg by donating at armandalegshow.com/support/ Show Credits: Created, hosted, and produced by Dan Weissmann with senior producer Emily Pisacreta and engagement producer Claire Davenport, edited by Ellen Weiss. Audio wizard: Adam Raymonda. Music is by Dave Weiner and Blue Dot Sessions. Bea Bosco is our consulting director of operations. Lynne Johnson is our operations manager.