Podcast appearances and mentions of adam gaffney

Hey folks! Two great interviews for y'all this week. First, doctor and researcher Adam Gaffney on a study that shows how devastating Trump's bill will be for health in this country. Then, Hannah Habtu on genocide in Tigray where up to 800 thousand people have been killed, and an overview of Ethiopian and Eritrean history surrounding the conflict."Genocide in Tigray: Serious breaches of international law in the Tigray conflict, Ethiopia, and paths to accountability":https://newlinesinstitute.org/rules-based-international-order/genocide-in-tigray-serious-breaches-of-international-law-in-the-tigray-conflict-ethiopia-and-paths-to-accountability-2/Support:https://omnatigray.org/

As the Medicare enrollment period gets underway again, we welcome Dr. Adam Gaffney to remind us the ways all those heavily advertised Medicare Advantage programs are ripping you off. Then we receive another house call from Dr. Marty Makary, author of Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health about the effect of medical groupthink on all kinds of accepted treatments from peanut allergies to opioid addiction. Finally, founder of Media Matters, David Brock stops by to discuss his latest book, Stench: The Making of the Thomas Court and the Unmaking of America.Dr. Adam Gaffney is a physician, writer, public health researcher, and advocate. Dr. Gaffney practices at the Cambridge Health Alliance and is an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. A member of the Cambridge Health Justice Lab, his research focuses on healthcare financing, reform, and equity, and disparities in lung health. He writes about the policy, politics, and history of health care, and is the author of To Heal Humankind: The Right to Health in History.The reality is we don't need Medigap. We could plug those holes with public coverage. There's no reason to have a role for private insurers to cover a slice of our healthcare when all seniors need the same thing—which is comprehensive universal care.  There's no need for these private stopgap measures, when what we need is a public system of universal care.Dr. Adam GaffneyI do think there's growing interest among physicians in change. Their bosses are increasingly these for-profit companies whose mission is not really medicine. Their mission is money. And what we need to do is to rethink our healthcare system, so it serves communities, is owned by communities, and it returns us to the underlying reason why we went into this profession—which is to help patients, and not to pad the pockets of shareholders.Dr. Adam GaffneyDr. Marty Makary is a Johns Hopkins professor and member of the National Academy of Medicine. He is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, Unaccountable and The Price We Pay. Dr. Makary has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, and he has published more than 250 scientific research articles. He served in leadership at the W.H.O. and has been a visiting professor at 25 medical schools. His latest book is Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health.For most of human history, doctors were respected, but maybe like you would respect your hairdresser, or maybe a clergy member in the community. And we didn't have many tools as doctors. We had a lancet, we had a saw to do amputations, we had a couple of drugs that didn't work or were counterproductive like digoxin. And then what happened in 1922 is Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. And by the post-World War II era in the 1940s and '50s, we saw the mass production of antibiotics. That ushered in the white coat era of medicine. Doctors began to wear a white coat. They now had the power to prescribe a magical pill that could cure disease, make childbirth safe, enable surgeons to do procedures safer. And this ushered in this new unquestioned authority. And what happened was, physicians as a class took advantage of this unquestioned authority.Dr. Marty MakaryDavid Brock is a Democratic activist and founder of Media Matters for America, a progressive media watchdog group. Following the 2010 elections, Mr. Brock founded the Super PAC American Bridge, which works to elect Democrats. He is a New York Times best-selling author, and his books include the memoir Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative, Killing the Messenger: The Right Wing Plot to Hijack Your Government, and his latest book is Stench: The Making of the Thomas Court and the Unmaking of America.The Federalist Society was originally founded by three rightwing law students. And it was pitched as a debating society. So I don't think in the original incarnation, they had a master plan. But soon enough, they realized that membership in the Federalist Society could confer on people a certain imprimatur for appointments—and that's appointments not only to the federal judiciary, but all through the executive branch.David BrockThe scheme to overturn Roe has been going on for all these decades. There were setbacks, of course, because there were times when Republican appointees ended up being independent—Sandra Day O 'Connor, for example, David Souter, for example—and the right was defeated in their effort to overturn Roe. So it took a while and it took a lot of steadfast, patient spending of money on their crusade.David Brock[This is] a time when the Biden regime is supporting the destruction of the ancient land of Lebanon— whom he's called in prior years an ally. He's letting Netanyahu destroy Lebanon with the same tactics that Netanyahu applied to the genocide in Gaza.Ralph NaderIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantisNews 10/23/241. Last week, Israel announced they had killed longtime Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. As NBC put it, the footage of his death released by Israel “showed Sinwar not hiding in a tunnel surrounded by hostages — as Israeli officials often claimed he was — but aboveground and hurling a stick at a drone with his last ounce of strength.” American political leaders, such as Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders, are seeking to use Sinwar's death to argue that Israel has accomplished its mission and should therefore conclude its genocidal campaign in Gaza. Israeli leaders however have made it abundantly clear that they have no intention of pulling out of Gaza, with Benny Gantz – chairman of Israel's National Unity Party and among Prime Minister Netanyahu's chief political rivals – stating that the Israeli military “will continue to operate in the Gaza Strip for years to come,” per Al Jazeera.2. According to POLITICO, during an August 29th meeting in Washington Lise Grande, the top U.S. official working on the humanitarian situation in Gaza told the leaders of more than a dozen aid organizations that “the U.S. would not consider withholding weapons from Israel for blocking food and medicine from entering [Gaza].” It is illegal to block the delivery of humanitarian assistance under both American and international human rights law. As the paper notes, Grande's “candid assessment…raises questions about the seriousness of recent Biden administration threats to [withhold arms].” One attendee told POLITICO “[Grande] was saying that the rules don't apply to Israel.”3. Meanwhile, Israel continues its war on the United Nations mission in Lebanon. On October 20th, UNIFIL released a statement saying “Earlier today, an IDF bulldozer deliberately demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence of a UN position in Marwahin…The IDF has repeatedly demanded that UNIFIL vacate its positions along the Blue Line and has deliberately damaged UN positions. Despite the pressure being exerted on the mission and our troop-contributing countries…We will continue to undertake our mandated tasks.” UNIFIL added “Yet again, we note that breaching a UN position and damaging UN assets is a flagrant violation of international law and Security Council resolution 1701.”4. In a frankly dystopian story from the United Kingdom, British counterterrorism police “raided the home and seized several electronic devices belonging to The Electronic Intifada's associate editor Asa Winstanley,” despite the fact that Winstanley has not been charged with any offense. Electronic Intifada reports the raid was conducted under sections 1 and 2 of the 2006 “Terrorism Act,” which deal with the “encouragement of terrorism.” Human Rights Watch has previously urged the British government to repeal the repressive provisions of the 2006 act noting that “the definition of the encouragement of terrorism offense is overly broad, raising serious concerns about undue infringement on free speech.” Electronic Intifada further notes “In August, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service issued a warning to the British public to ‘think before you post' and threatening that it would prosecute anyone it deemed guilty of what it calls ‘online violence.'” Winstanley is the author of Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn and has been interviewed by the Capitol Hill Citizen.5. According to the Libertarian magazine Reason, Bob Woodward's new book War includes a passage about a “shockingly blunt conversation,” between President Biden and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham regarding “Biden's attempts to negotiate a ‘megadeal' between the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.” Per Reason “Graham reportedly said that only Biden could secure a U.S.-Saudi defense treaty, because it would ‘take a Democratic president to convince Democrats to vote to go to war for Saudi Arabia'” Biden's response? “Let's do it.” Furthermore, reports indicate this security pact only fell apart after October 7th, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman seeing a prominent deal with Israel at that time as a major political liability. Reason cites an article from the Atlantic in January wherein Salman reportedly told Secretary of State Antony Blinken “Do I care personally about the Palestinian issue? I don't, but my people do…Half my advisers say that the deal is not worth the risk. I could end up getting killed because of this deal.”6. In more international news, the Cuban energy grid collapsed on Friday, under strain from Hurricane Oscar. The complete grid collapse left the entire country of 10 million without electricity, per NPR. Reuters reports that over the weekend, the grid failed three more times as authorities sought to restore power. Brasil de Fato, or BdF, a Brazilian socialist news service, reports China, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Russia and Barbados are offering support to Cuba amid the total blackout. BdF further reports “The Alba Movimientos platform, which brings together more than 400 organizations from 25 countries, issued a statement...[saying] ‘No one can attribute this virtual collapse of the Cuban electricity system to a specific measure by the US government – that would be too simplistic…this is'“the result of a long strategy of planned destruction of the material and spiritual living conditions of the Cuban population…with the financial resources denied to Cuba due to the blockade policy, 18 days of accumulated damages equal the annual cost of maintaining the country's electricity system.” According to the UN, the U.S. embargo cost Cuba $13 million US dollars per day between 2022 and 2023 alone.7. A new scandal has rocked American Higher Education. Inside Higher Ed reports “Last week a lawsuit accused 40 colleges and universities, as well as the nonprofit College Board, of participating in a price-fixing conspiracy to jack up tuition rates” specifically, for children of divorced parents. The scheme itself had to do with consideration of the non-custodial parent's income, but the larger issue at stake here is the fact that the universities entered into a “cartel” in violation of antitrust laws. As this piece notes this is the “second major price-fixing antitrust lawsuit filed against highly selective universities since 2022, when 17 institutions…were accused of illegally colluding to set common financial aid formulas. So far, 10 of those institutions have settled for a combined $248 million.”8. Boeing has offered their striking machinists a new deal, which they hope will end their crippling strike. ABC reports “The new offer delivers a 35% raise over the four-year duration of the contract,” which is short of the 40% raise demanded by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers but considerably better than the aerospace titan's previous offer of 25%. ABC continues “The proposal also hikes Boeing's contribution to a 401(k) plan, but it declines to fulfill workers' call for a reinstatement of the company's defined pension.” As this piece notes, the machinists overwhelmingly rejected Boeing's previous offer last month; this week they will vote on the new proposal. Whatever the details of the final contract, this episode clearly demonstrates the power of a union, even going up against one of the most powerful corporations in America.9. A stunning CNN investigation reveals the extent of predatory fundraising by the major parties off of elderly people suffering from dementia or other forms of cognitive decline in their old age. According to “More than 1,000 reports filed with government agencies and consumer advocacy groups… deceptive political fundraisers have victimized hundreds of elderly Americans…into giving away millions of dollars.” These heartbreaking stories concern “Donors…often in their 80s and 90s…[including] retired public workers, house cleaners and veterans, widows living alone, nursing home residents…[with] money…from pensions, Social Security payments and retirement savings accounts meant to last decades.” To cite just one just one shocking example: “[an] 82-year-old woman, who wore pajamas with holes in them because she didn't want to spend money on new ones, didn't realize she had given Republicans more than $350,000 while living in a 1,000 square-foot Baltimore condo since 2020.”10. Finally, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has sent a letter to Rodney McMullen, Chairman and CEO of Kroger, decrying the company's “decision to roll out surge pricing using facial recognition technology.” Specifically, Tlaib cites concerns about price manipulation based on external factors like supply as well as discrimination based on race, gender, and other criteria determined through facial recognition. Tlaib ends this letter with six key questions, including “Will Kroger use…facial recognition to display targeted advertisements…?…What safeguards will be in pace?…[and] Are there plans to sell data collected in the store?” among others. Grocery prices continue to be a source of everyday economic hardship for working Americans and corporations are increasingly interested in surge pricing for essential goods. There is some comfort in knowing at least one member of Congress is concerned about this dangerous combination.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. 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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected health care and other essential workers more than other groups in the US, but can we quantify the damage? To what extent did it aggravate the inequities that were prevalent before the pandemic? What should public health do better next time to both prevent some harm and monitor the harm that cannot be prevented? Alfredo Morabia (AJPH) and Vickie Mays (UCLA) discuss these issues with J. Paul Leigh, PhD (UC Davis Medical School, CA); Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot, PhD, Columbia University, NY; and Adam Gaffney, M. D., M. P. H., Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Join the Total Information AM show on the Voice of St. Louis for a heartwarming segment of "Three Good Things." Megan Lynch introduces us to two incredible mothers, Takisha Blue and Keisha Akers, who found solace and understanding in their shared experiences of loss. Despite facing unimaginable grief, they both persevered and graduated from culinary school, using their cooking skills to give back to the community. Their daughters continue to inspire them, and their strength is truly commendable. In another uplifting story, St. Louis musician Adam Gaffney's talent has earned him a spot at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival. Supported by Operation Encore, a group that helps singer-songwriters who served in the military, Adam is set to perform alongside legendary musicians. Listen to his interview with Chris Rongy and John Hancock as he shares his excitement and nerves about this career-defining opportunity.

Chris Rongey and John Hancock welcome St. Louis musicians Adam Gaffney and Karen Choi in studio to discuss their new album and the Newport Folk Fest July 28-30. 

In the last hour of The Chris and Amy Show, Chris and John Hancock give us a Show Recap. They chat with Juan Rodriguez, competitive eater, about the Nathan's hot dog eating contest happening on the 4th of July. Chris and John welcome Adam Gaffney, St. Louis singer and song writer, and Karen Choi, to discuss their new album and the Newport Folk Fest July 28-30. Later, Chris and John talk to a former employee of John's about the crazy weather over the weekend. 

Interview with Adam Gaffney, MD MPH, author of Medical Documentation Burden Among US Office-Based Physicians in 2019: A National Study

Interview with Adam Gaffney, MD, MPH, author of Medical Documentation Burden Among US Office-Based Physicians in 2019: A National Study

In this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) catch up with Operation Encore artist and Navy veteran Adam Gaffney while he is recording his new EP (!) at AR Audio in San Francisco. During the podcast, they discuss Adam's humble Midwest roots his adventures while shopping at Walmart, his military service loading weapons as a Navy Aviation Ordnanceman on aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf (including one particular moment almost having his arm torn off while casually leaning against an F-18), and his style of music that combines Neil Young and The Band with a touch of Tom Petty.Throughout the episode, they play Adam's new recordings of his original songs:“My Dear Friend”“For Being Someone”“White Lines”You can find more information about Adam and his music on the Operation Encore website or by searching for “Adam Gaffney Music” on your favorite social media or streaming platform.Support the show (http://www.operationencore.org) Support the show (http://www.operationencore.org)

In a long overdue appearance, Saurabh Jha (@RogueRad), MD, radiologist in Philadelphia, makes his triumphant return to the show to pick apart the single payer model idea as well as FDA regulatory processes, this time with a worthy adversary: Adam Gaffney (@awgaffney), MD, MPH, pulmonary specialist and health policy researcher at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. The conversation begins with discussion of a proposed federal single payer system in America, why it could not be modeled after a successful system like that in England, why significant health disparities exist geographically within a single payer system and whether such a system can provide the tools to address these disparities, and so much more. Then, the conversation swings to whether a health care system should be designed to afford high priced novel therapies because of failure to regulate these prices, on what basis the FDA should approve drugs, and other points of discussion. Things get testy in this spirited back-and-forth banter and you won't want to miss it. Check out Chadi's website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/ Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA

What is the deal with Covid? Vaccines? Masks? What works? What doesn't work? Who *are* the unvaccinated? What is vaccine apartheid? What's the deal with boosters? Dr. Adam Gaffney answers your questions. He is a physician, writer, public health researcher, and advocate. He practices pulmonary and critical care medicine at the Cambridge Health Alliance and is an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on healthcare financing, reform, and equity, and disparities in lung health. He writes about the policy, politics, and history of health care. He is the immediate past president of Physicians for a National Health Program, a non-profit organization that advocates for Medicare-for-All healthcare reform. He is on twitter @awgaffney.

Tonight: Trump escalates threats against a Capitol police officer. Then, meet the local Texas official defying the governor's anti-mask mandate. Plus, the head of the National Institutes of Health joins to talk about the need for booster shots—and what's the best way to get people to take the vaccine?Guests: Rick Wilson, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Dr. Francis Collins, Judge Clay Jenkins, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Dr. Adam Gaffney

In late 2016, staff at the American Embassy in Havana began hearing strange noises and experiencing odd symptoms: headaches, nausea, dizziness. Had they been targeted by a secret weapon, perhaps deployed by Russia? Or was there some other explanation for the ailments? Hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene talk to four people who have closely followed Havana syndrome, as it came to be known: Jack Hitt, who covered the story for Vanity Fair in 2019; Tim Weiner, author of The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945–2020; Adam Gaffney, a physician; and Natalie Shure, a columnist for TNR who covers health policy. What was the diplomatic context in which Havana syndrome appeared? Why is the secret weapon theory so attractive? And is there a likelier explanation for the mysterious illness?  The show, which originally aired in February 2021, has been updated to account for more recent developments.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's easy to identify the physical manifestations of long Covid — severe fatigue, weakness, palpitations, brain fog, and more — but far trickier to understand what's causing them. Pat talks with critical care physician Adam Gaffney and philosopher Diane O'Leary about the blurred distinction between the direct effect of a viral infection and potential psychosomatic origins. The conversation jumps off from each guest's recent First Opinion: Gaffney's "We need to start thinking more critically — and speaking more cautiously — about long Covid" and O'Leary's "Needed for long Covid: a less authoritarian approach to understanding, treatment."

The other night I caught up with Iowa based singer songwriter Casey Joe Collins! We've been friendly online for a while, originally met through friend of the show Adam Gaffney, but we finally get to hang via Zoom to record this show today. We had a great time getting into his new album I PROMISE TO BE BRAVE. He shares some stories behind the lyrics, recording an album during a pandemic and even plays one live! We also talk about Casey Joe Collins getting into the podcast game & his love of history. Find Casey Joe Collins on your Facebook & Instagram. http://www.caseyjoecollins.com Grab a copy of his album I PROMISE TO BE BRAVE wherever you get digital music at today. http://www.caseyjoecollins.bandcamp.com  On this episode you'll hear: Burnt Out Cigarettes Table We'll Build  Beg Borrow & Steal (Live Acoustic) Help support the podcast by grabbing a new RPP shirt at http://www.ByJack.com/Rockpaperpodcast  

Adam Gaffney joins us to discuss how the pandemic has highlighted the need for Medicare for All and more comprehensive coordination of healthcare resource distribution. Adam Gaffney is the most recent past president of Physicians for a National Health Program and a pulmonary specialist at Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-AdamGaffney-Transcript [PDF] twww.deathpanel.net/m4aw202-adam-gaffney [html]

In late 2016, staff at the American embassy in Havana began hearing strange noises and experiencing a range of odd symptoms: headaches, dizziness, ringing in the ears. Suspicion arose that they had been targets of a secret weapon. In the years since, doctors, scientists, journalists, and government officials have tried—with limited success—to get to the bottom of the illness that came to be known as Havana Syndrome. On Episode 24 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene talk to four people who have followed the story closely: Jack Hitt, who covered it for Vanity Fair; Tim Weiner, the author of The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945-2020; Adam Gaffney, a physician; and the journalist Natalie Shure. What was the diplomatic context in which Havana Syndrome appeared? How have Republicans, Democrats, and the foreign policy establishment exploited the secret weapon theory? And is there a likelier explanation for the mysterious syndrome? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Dr. Adam Gaffney, a pulmonary specialist from Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School, on how medical care use could change under universal health coverage.

Welcome to the IndependentLeft.News Daily Headlines podcast for January 2nd, 2021. Early Edition - https://independentleft.news/?edition_id=94bfe850-4cf7-11eb-a9a9-002590a5ba2d&utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=top-headlines-podcast&utm_content=ILN-Anchor-top-headlines-podcast-early-ed-01-02 Top Headlines: Let's Be Absolutely Clear What's At Stake In The Assange Case - Caitlin Johnstone US govt-sponsored website Bellingcat disrupts MH17 trial in Netherlands - Eric Van De Beek, The Grayzone 2020 Be Gone - Abby Zimet, Further columnist, CommonDreams Chuck Schumer Begins 2021 Promising To Fight — Then Immediately Surrenders - David Sirota & Andrew Perez, Jacobin Top 12 The Grayzone stories of 2020: From Julian Assange persecution to Bolivia coup defeat, corporate war on free speech to OPCW cover-up - The Grayzone Top Videos: #ForceTheVote Can't Wait! Why The Idea Caught Fire w/ Dylan Ratigan (6:00) - The Jimmy Dore Show The #ForceTheVote Day Is Almost Here (Breaking News) (25:52) - Moment of Clarity with Lee Camp Democrats Fold on $2000 & Refuse to Force The Vote on Healthcare but Jimmy Dore Yells! (16:12) - The Convo Couch DEBATE: Could #ForceTheVote Push Anti #M4A Republicans? W/ Nando Vila, Natalie Shure, Ben Burgis, Briahna Joy Gray & Dr. Adam Gaffney (5:19) - The Katie Halper Show (Wayback Machine - 2019) Is the US Meddling in Venezuela? Max Blumenthal Asks US Congress Members (4:36) - The Grayzone Evening Edition - https://independentleft.news/?edition_id=284d0bc0-4d5c-11eb-a9a9-002590a5ba2d&utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=top-headlines-podcast&utm_content=ILN-Anchor-top-headlines-podcast-evening-ed-01-02 Top Headlines: Progressives Say Paygo Exemptions in House Rules Will Help Pave Way for Green New Deal and Medicare for All- Julia Conley, CommonDreams As Stimulus Falls Short, Mutual Aid Organizers Work to Meet People's Needs - Robert Raymond, Truthout Breaking New York's Cycle of Austerity - Robbie Nelson, Jacobin Nashville, Rockford, and the new age of paranoia - Philadelphia Inquirer In 2021, Let's Ring a Global Alarm — on Inequality — that Everyone Can Hear - Sam Pizzigati, Inequality.org Top Videos: Lee Carter Announces Run For Governor Of Virginia (7:39) - David Doel, The Rational National Live from #ForceTheVote in Washington DC w/ Jackson Hinkle, Savage Joy Marie Mann, Lee Camp, Briahna Joy Gray & more (1:27:36) - The Movement for a People's Party Progressives March to #ForcetheVote | Jon Farina LIVE From D.C. (1:41:44) - Status Coup [78.2] Free Assange Vigil Live in DC (1:55:02) - Slow News Day Attorney Activist Hector Oseguera on the Panama Papers and Corruption (9:57) - Tina-Desiree Berg, District 34 If you liked this podcast, please help us grow by subscribing & giving us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting platform.

Welcome to the Independent Left dot News Daily Headlines podcast for Thursday, December 17th, 2020. A special thanks to all who have been supporting this podcast, including Ron Placone for the new theme song. Early Edition - https://independentleft.news/?edition_id=088b6600-4065-11eb-a49c-002590a5ba2d&utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=top-headlines-podcast&utm_content=ILN-Anchor-top-headlines-podcast-early-ed-12-17 Top Headlines:

Singer Songwriter Adam Gaffney returns to the show to talk about his brand new EP and share some stories behind these songs. We also talk about how he's been handling quarantine, his album release show and him moving soon.  On this episode you'll hear: Will You Shine My Medals When I'm Gone? Jamieson Ave #4 The Thunder (Live Acoustic) Find it his new EP wherever you get digital music! Download a copy on Bandcamp.com Follow along with Adam Gaffney Facebook & Instagram.  See him LIVE 10/30 at Naked Vine  

The coronavirus pandemic is stretching the US healthcare system to breaking point, with tens of millions of people losing their employment-related coverage. One such person is Susan, a breast cancer survivor who has had to avoid vital check-ups after being made redundant as a bartender in New York. And there are many more like her. Kaiser Family Foundation Data Scientist Cynthia Cox explains how difficult it is to know how many people are actually without healthcare right now. Dr Adam Gaffney, a pulmonary and critical care doctor and instructor at Harvard Medical School says the insurance-led model already was in need of a drastic overhaul, while Mary Grealy of the Healthcare Leadership Council counters that the system does still work and offers greater choice to the consumer. And LaRay Brown, who leads the One Brooklyn Health System, describes how the pandemic is having a devastating effect on hospitals’ finances. Will the US health system stand up to the strain of Covid-19, and its economic disruption? (Picture credit: Getty Images)

In this week's episode of System Update, host Glenn Greenwald examines the sudden, radical change in the advice given by health experts regarding the coronavirus in the wake of the George Floyd protests, and how the perception that this change is politically motivated carries the risk of eroding public trust in health authorities in the middle of a pandemic. We speak to guest Adam Gaffney, a public health researcher at Harvard Medical School, about these matters. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:10 Glenn's Monologue 1:08:47 Interview with Adam Gaffney 1:42:04 End Credits

Coronavirus is decimating the planet right now, and it's made far worse by the fact that we don't have a public healthcare system. We talked to Adam Gaffney, president of Physicians for a National Health Program and a doctor at Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School, about this. Forgive the self-promo in a time of society-wide breakdown, but: the book by host Micah Uetricht and Jacobin staff writer Meagan Day, Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism, has had its release date bumped up to March 24. Please preorder it! It's 20% off from Verso: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3167-bigger-than-bernie

This episode was about Confusion, Fun, and Chaos.  I think it should be entertaining for the listeners. It starts with an Original Song by St. Louis musician Adam Gaffney and spins out of control from their with voices from Bloomingtons White Oak Brewing, and Sparta, IL White Rooster brewing.  Also with a guest appearance from my man Tyson Shroyer of home Brew fame, Fire Hop Brewing.  

The Struggle to Abolish Private Health Insurance and Establish Medicare for All Natalie Shure Adam Gaffney Dustin Guastella Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time Healthcare The demand for Medicare for All has captured the political limelight. Since 2016 no other transformative demand has garnered nearly the same amount of attention and enthusiasm from American workers, nor the same amount of scrutiny and criticism from the business press, establishment politicos and the ire of the business community. read more

A presentation by PNHP leader Adam Gaffney. Also 'man on the street' Voices interviews from the Twin Cities.Support the show (https://secure.everyaction.com/qVBRJyIEPEeWqlnm-YYPLA2)

On Wednesday, the House held its first public impeachment hearing against President Trump.  Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent testified before the House about the president's July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. FOX's White House Correspondent Jon Decker and FOX's Capitol Hill Correspondent Jared Halpern join today's podcast to recap yesterday's hearing and what this means moving forward. Healthcare is expected to be a big issue in the 2020 race for the White House. Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have pushing for a “Medicare for All” plan. Republicans and moderate Democrats say it won't work. Dr. Adam Gaffney, President of Physicians for a National Health Program, explains why he and other doctors are supportive of “Medicare For All,” while Wall Street Journal editorial board member Allysia Finley explains why she thinks America can't afford the program. Plus, commentary by columnist at The Washington Post and FOX News contributor, Marc Thiessen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode I interview singer/songwriter Adam Gaffney. Adam is a prolific songwriter and musician who has a strong following in the Midwest. He talks about his beginnings, his time in the Navy and how he developed and maintains his confidence while working his way up the entertainment ladder.Adam has appeared live on the local NBC affiliate morning program "Show Me St. Louis."He uses his talents, skills and confidence to help other artists who are just starting out in the music business and is developing plans for a workshop designed to give them a head start.

Health care in America remains one of the most important issues for partisans on every side, as costs continue to rise with no end in sight.Adam Gaffney, President of Physicians for a National Health Program, believes that the best way to tackle this problem is through a single-payer health care system, in which everybody receives health insurance from the U.S. federal government, free at the point of service. Chris Pope, who researches health care at the Manhattan Institute, disagrees. He prefers a more market-based approach and argues that government intervention generally makes prices worse.As a reminder, this podcast is a labor of love, but it does cost time and money to produce it. If you'd like to support us, please go to patreon.com/extremelyoffline.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/extremelyoffline)

Adam Gaffney is the president of Physicians for a National Health Program and a doctor at the Harvard Medical School. He talks to us about the prospects for Medicare for All, whether moderate Democrats are serious about reform, and the best way to cut down America's ludicrously high health care costs.

https://accadandkoka.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1_hJzPKdrF8t3sIE_uvg8Zuw-e1554855697170.jpeg ()Avik Roy Is there a conservative path to universal healthcare? Our guest certainly believes so.  Avik Roy is one of the most influential conservative voices in healthcare.  A graduate from MIT and Yale Medical School, Avik spent many years with the investment firm Bain Capital.  In 2009, in response to the debates leading up to Obamacare, Avik started a blog to share his insights.  Those were soon noticed by the media and the policy world, and he quickly became the go-to policy wonk on healthcare among conservatives. In 2012, Roy joined the campaign of Mitt Romney as policy adviser and later went on to advise Texas Governor Rick Perry as well as Senator Marco Rubio.  In 2016, he founded FREOPP, the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, a conservative public policy think tank based in Austin, Texas.  He continues to edit his blog, The Apothecary, now hosted by Forbes where he serves as Senior Opinion editor. GUEST: Avik Roy. https://twitter.com/Avik (Twitter) LINKS: https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/#72b70302cba7 (The Apothecary) https://freopp.org/ (The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity) (FREOPP) Avik Roy. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a-conservative-case-for-universal-coverage (A conservative case for universal coverage) (The Washington Examiner, 2014) RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episode21/ (Ep. 21 Inside the Swiss Healthcare System, with Marc Fouradoulas ) https://accadandkoka.com/episode24/ (Ep. 24 Making the Case for Medicare-4-All, with Adam Gaffney) Support this podcast

This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Dr. Adam Gaffney, instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pulmonary and critical care doctor at the Cambridge Health Alliance as well as the President of the single-payer health care advocacy organization Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). After sharing his obligatory origin story, Adam puts the unprecedented mainstream momentum behind Medicare for All in context by detailing the insufficiencies of the system today and how the increasing corporatization of health care in the neoliberal era has impacted people’s day-to-day decisions. Adam describes the different versions of Medicare for All currently in Congress like the Senate bill introduced by Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s House bill, highlighting where they differ and where they could go further. The gang also discusses the role of grassroots organizing in pushing the health care debate to the left over the last several years, and Adam touches on some of PNHP’s strategies for mobilizing doctors in the push for single-payer. Roqayah and Kumars also ask Adam about proposed alternatives to single-payer like the public option, as well as the best ways to counter common conservative arguments against Medicare for All, including the ones Adam successfully fended off in his viral guest appearance on Fox Business Network. You can follow Adam on Twitter @awgaffney, and keep up with his work at theprogressivephysician.net. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!!

All three of the boys are back together and they are joined by Adam Gaffney a music Savant who served int eh US Navy. An eclectic mix of drinks on this show and a British bite that no-one can pronounce!!

Adam Gaffney performing his new tunes: No Mad, In The Eye, Letters from home.

https://accadandkoka.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Adam-Gaffney-e1535052482359.jpg ()Dr. Adam Gaffney For an increasing number of Americans today, a single payer system seems to be the only conceivable next step in the cataclysmic and ruinous history of our healthcare system.  Our guest today is Adam Gaffney, MD, a longtime supporter of a single-payer system and president-elect of Physicians for a National Health Program.  He has kindly agreed to be subjected to our objections. GUEST: Adam Gaffney: https://twitter.com/awgaffney?lang=en (Twitter) and https://theprogressivephysician.net/ (website) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/YTcZwG98PEI (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episode22/ (Ep. 22) Free markets in healthcare: objecting to the objections https://accadandkoka.com/episode10/ (Ep. 10) Free market medicine is ethical, workable, and unstoppable Support this podcast

Katie Halper speaks with Healthcare Activist, Instructor - Harvard Medical School Dr. Adam Gaffney. Dr. Gaffney is also Secretary of the advocacy organization Physicians for a National Health Program and one of the nation’s most outspoken activists for universal healthcare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live Music, Adam Gaffney and The Highway Saints Rockin it out

Pod Save America co-host Jon Favreau talks to Andy Slavitt, the board chairman of the United States of Care, and Adam Gaffney, an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and secretary of the advocacy organization Physicians for a National Health Program about what it will take to get medicare for all and what factors need to be considered to get to single payer.​

For the rest of our interview and to hear Hillary Clinton appointees, including Neera Tanden, vote against SIngle Payer, join out patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/14392323. Actual Dr. Adam Gaffney, one of the biggest advocates for single payer talks to us about Bernie Sanders' medicare for all bill. Why it matters, where it comes from and the sneaky language libs use to undermine single payer while pretending to support it.

Full debate is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-medicare-14279019. We talk to Rev.Khader El-Yateem, a Lutheran pastor, Arab-American, proud immigrant, and father of four who is running for City Council in Brooklyn's 43rd District. Wait until you hear his story. Then we bring you some hot Left of Left debate between Dr. Adam Gaffney and journalist Josh Holland over Medicare For All. We will be posting the rest of the debate shortly for our Patreon supporters! Sit tight.

On Jacobin Radio, Dan La Botz. co-editor of New Politics discusses the Democrat Party's "bullshit deal;" Professor Jeremy Bendik-Keymer talks about Trump and fascism; and Dr. Adam Gaffney analyzes the demise of Trumpcare and why we need truly universal health care.

Randy Bersch became a music festival promoter almost by accident. He wanted to have something cool with Steve Ewing of the Urge, and is partnering with Turner Hall to bring Steve and 11 other acts to Mount Olive for the first annual Turnerfest. https://www.facebook.com/Mt.OliveIL/ One of the performers that day is Adam Gaffney. Adam has a new band, the Highway Saints, and will be appearing at TurnerFest. He tells us all about his musical background, and his upcoming shows and album. https://www.facebook.com/TheHighwaySaints/ Finally, he's baaaacckkk... The RackAlmanac... with a late summer gardening report.

Bonus of James Adomian as John McCain is here. https://www.patreon.com/posts/13472544. Bonus of Adam Gaffney on Single Payer & Skinny Repeal fail here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-actual-dr-13477726 We talk to journalist Adam Johnson about his piece "WaPo Worships Principled, Humanitarian McCain That's Never Existed" and why John McCain is still a war criminal who is fetishized for his tone and decorum, even though he has a pretty terrible temper and gross tone. We go over why McCain refuses to stop using racial slurs, setting bombing campaigns to pop music, and whether we agree with Donald Trump's assessment of McCain.

Adam Gaffney discusses what is in the US Senate's Affordable Care Act-repeal bill with Rebecca Cooney ahead of this week's expected Senate vote.

Rebecca Cooney and Aaron van Dorn speak with Adam Gaffney about the state of the American Health Care Act and what it means for the politics of health care in the USA.

Rebecca Cooney discusses the Affordable Care Act with US Series author Adam Gaffney.

Subscribe to Patreon for bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/posts/8635065 DOCTOR Adam Gaffney (MD!!)explains why single payer health care is, in fact, doable, feasible, affordable and the only option. We talk to Adam about his pieces (from this week) in The Guardian and Jacobin, the difference between Trumpcare and Obamacare, the most persistent myths used against single payer, and the two types of people who spread them. Also, Gabe and I do a deep dive (for about 5 minutes) into Iron Fist.

For seven years, Republicans have vowed to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare), and that promise took a central place in President Trump's campaign. The first major vote to replace it was due to happen last week, but was cancelled at the 11th hour. In advance of the potential vote, The BMJ published a debate asking "Should US doctors mourn for Obamacare?". Now we're asking the authors of that debate, what next? Joining Peter Doshi are Adam Gaffney, from Harvard Medical School and Saurabh Jha from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Read their original debate: http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j1441

This week, we're joined by Dr. Adam Gaffney, who is a physician, universal health care advocate, and all-around good guy. We break down Obamacare, Ryancare, and the desperate need for a single payer, Medicare for All system in the United States. Tune in! Check out Adam Gaffney's latest article in Jacobin, which covers many of the topics we discuss on the show: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/obamacare-repeal-replace-repair-aca-ryan