Podcast appearances and mentions of Elisabeth Rosenthal

Democrats and Republicans on one of the House committees that oversees the Medicare program had strong words about high hospital pricing at a hearing on Capitol Hill this week, but it remains unclear whether the reality will match their rhetoric when it comes to reining in those prices. Meanwhile, some good health policy news: A study found the 988 suicide prevention hotline reduced suicides significantly in its first two years of operation. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News' Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists share their favorite health policy stories of the week that they think you should read, too. Julie Rovner: The New York Times' “While Advising Kennedy, Top Aide Had More Than $25 Million Stake in Wellness Company,” by Christina Jewett and Benjamin Mueller.  Joanne Kenen: ProPublica's “Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash,” by Anna Clark.  Rachel Roubein: KFF Health News' “Big Companies Position Themselves for Payday from $50B Federal Rural Health Fund,” by Sarah Jane Tribble.  Shefali Luthra: The Atlantic and KFF Health News' “A ‘Barbaric' Problem in American Hospitals Is Only Getting Bigger,” by Elisabeth Rosenthal. 

Elisabeth Rosenthal, senior contributing editor at KFF Health News, former ER physician, and author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back (Penguin Press (hardcover, 2017)), discusses her latest reporting on how patients in emergency department are getting stuck waiting for days to be transferred into an inpatient ward. Photo: Rooms in the emergency department are made up at the new UCI Health hospital in Irvine, CA on Thursday, November 6, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)    

Despite public opposition to the cuts they made to federal health programs in 2025, Republicans reportedly are considering still more cuts to help pay for the war in Iran. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ruled that Colorado cannot ban mental health professionals from using “conversion therapy” on LGBTQ+ minors. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of Bloomberg Law, and Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News' Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News' Elisabeth Rosenthal, who wrote the last two “Bill of the Month” stories. Plus, for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: New York Magazine's “The Dog Owners Taking Their Injured Corgis and Doodles to Tijuana: Mexico Is to Pet MRIs What Turkey Has Become for Hair Transplants,” by Helaine Olen.  Jessie Hellmann: The Texas Tribune's “‘Don't Take Me to the Hospital': Undocumented Immigrants in Texas Are Delaying Medical Care,” by Colleen DeGuzman, Stephen Simpson, Terri Langford, and Dan Keemahill. Sandhya Raman: Science's “Supporters Push To Revive Moribund Agency Studying Patient Care,” by Jocelyn Kaiser.  Alice Miranda Ollstein: The New York Times' “Cuban Patients Are Dying Because of U.S. Blockade, Doctors Say,” by Ed Augustin and Jack Nicas.  

With lawmakers still mired over renewing enhanced tax credits for Affordable Care Act plans, much of Washington has turned its attention to culture war issues, including abortion and gender-affirming care. Meanwhile, “confusion” remains the watchword at the Department of Health and Human Services as personnel and funding decisions continue to be made and unmade with little notice. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News' Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News' Elisabeth Rosenthal, who created the “Bill of the Month” series and wrote the latest installment, about a very hot pepper and a very late ER bill. Plus, for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: The New York Times' “E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution,” by Maxine Joselow.  Alice Miranda Ollstein: ProPublica's “After Sowing Distrust in Fluoridated Water, Kennedy and Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Fluoride Sources,” by Anna Clark.  Joanne Kenen: The New Yorker's “What ‘The Pitt' Taught Me About Being a Doctor,” by Dhruv Khullar.  Anna Edney: MedPage Today's “Worried About Liability After CDC Vaccine Changes? You Shouldn't Be,” by Joedy McCreary.  

A loyal listener wrote in to question this claim made by neuroscientist Dr Daniel Levitin: "Here in the US valium in a pharmacy might be $3 that same pill in a hospital setting might be $750."Our listener was shocked at how one pill can cost 250 x more in a hospital setting than in a pharmacy. But can it? Sort of. We turned to Elisabeth Rosenthal to take us on a dive into the frankly shocking world of US Health costs. Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Production Coordinator: Maria Ogundele Sound Mix: Neil Churchill

It's that time of year again when many Americans have to choose a health insurance plan — a decision that will affect, and possibly haunt them throughout the entire year. Worst of all: many are forced to make a choice with imperfect information. To help walk us through open enrollment, Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to Elisabeth Rosenthal, the doctor turned health journalist (and author who wrote An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back), who has made it her mission to demystify the process. This episode was produced by Andrea Kane and Sofía Sanchez Showrunner: Amanda Sealy Senior Producer: Dan Bloom Technical Director: Dan Dzula Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since the 1990s, healthcare has been at the heart of America's political debate and it's still being contested today. Why is our health system so complicated? And how can we fix it? To help demystify it, Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to Elisabeth Rosenthal, the doctor turned health journalist who wrote, An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back. This episode was produced by Sofía Sanchez and Leying Tang Medical Writer: Andrea Kane Showrunner: Amanda Sealy Senior Producer: Dan Bloom Technical Director: Dan Dzula Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump's latest executive order about science and medicine seeks to take funding decisions out of the hands of career scientists and give them to political appointees instead. And a gunman, reportedly disgruntled over covid vaccines, shoots at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, killing a law enforcement officer. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News' Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Aaron Carroll, president and CEO of the health services research group AcademyHealth, about how to restore the public's trust in public health. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: ProPublica's “Veterans' Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals,” by David Armstrong, Eric Umansky, and Vernal Coleman. Alice Miranda Ollstein: The New York Times-KFF Health News' “Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos,” by Elisabeth Rosenthal and Hannah Norman. Sarah Karlin-Smith: The New York Times' “This Ohio Farm Community Is a Mecca for the ‘MAHA Mom,'” by Caroline Kitchener. Shefali Luthra: Stat's “Inside the American Medical Association's Sudden Strategy Shift in Washington,” by Theresa Gaffney. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As our centennial series continues, and as the shooting of UnitedHealthcare's CEO led to an outpouring of frustration from consumers, Elisabeth Rosenthal, senior contributing editor at KFF Health News, former ER physician and author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back (Penguin Press, 2017), breaks down the perception and reality of health care and health insurance in the United States over the last century.

Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal is the author of the 2017 book, An American Sickness: how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back. The Washington Post describes the book as: “An authoritative account of the distorted financial incentives that drive medical care in the United States . . . Every lawmaker and administration official should pick up a copy of [it].” Dr. Rosenthal was for 22 years a reporter, correspondent, and senior writer for The New York Times before becoming the editor in chief of Kaiser Health News, an independent journalism newsroom focusing on health and health policy. She holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, trained in internal medicine, and has worked as an ER physician. For over a decade she has been responsible for a popular segment on National Public Radio called, “the Medical Bill of the Month.”Click here for, "Where the frauds are legal: welcome to the weird world of medical billing," by Elisabeth Rosenthal from The New York Times, Dec. 7, 2019.

The elevation of Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the presumed Democratic presidential ticket is newly energizing the debate over abortion, while former President Donald Trump attempts to distance himself from more sweeping proposals in the “Project 2025” GOP blueprint put together by his former administration officials and the conservative Heritage Foundation. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News' Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News' Elisabeth Rosenthal, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” about a preauthorized surgery that generated a six-figure bill. Plus, for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: The Washington Post's “Online Portals Deliver Scary Health News Before Doctors Can Weigh In,” by Fenit Nirappil. Alice Miranda Ollstein: ProPublica's “A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder,” by Duaa Eldeib. Lauren Weber: The Tributary's “Testimony: Florida Wrongly Cut People From Medicaid Due to ‘Computer Error,' Bad Data,” by Charlie McGee. Sarah Karlin-Smith: KFF Health News' “Why Many Nonprofit (Wink, Wink) Hospitals Are Rolling in Money,” by Elisabeth Rosenthal; and The Hollywood Reporter's “New York's Largest Hospital System Is Setting Its Sights on the Entertainment Business,” by Alex Weprin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 1Eileen Appelbaum is Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC, Fellow at Rutgers University Center for Women and Work, and Visiting Professor at the University of Leicester, UK.We discuss the structural determinants of healthcare in the US. This means the financial aspects of setting up health care systems, including financing the construction of hospitals and clinics. There are concerns about how this is done, and the problems of rural facilities. Part 2:We talk with Elisabeth Rosenthal, senior contributing editor at KFF Health News and author of “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back.”, We discuss how hospitals that are “non-profit” are actually in profit-making enterprises, and not paying the appropriate taxes. How does this affect the communities in which they operate?WNHNFM.ORG   production 

To our guest today, the current American healthcare system feels less like a means to get well and more like a gigantic racket. We've gone from hospital visits in the 1950s costing five dollars a day to getting billed for everything from the oxygen reader on your finger to the IV bag. So how did we get here?Elisabeth Rosenthal is the senior contributing editor at KFF Health News and the author of the book, An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back. Before her career in journalism, she spent some time practicing medicine at an emergency room in New York City. Elisabeth and Greg discuss the puzzling economics behind healthcare pricing, how medical bills balloon because of too many hands in the honey pot, and some practical advice for people heading to the hospital. *unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Private equity goes with where the opportunity is, and it's in health care04:32: One person told me, when I was writing my book, between the hip manufacturer, the implant manufacturer, and the patient's bill, that there are 13 people taking a cut of the price of that implant. 13 middlemen, and we just keep adding middlemen who take more money from the system. So the interesting thing is how much of that, now 3.5 trillion dollars that we spend on healthcare, how much of that is actually going to care, and how much of that is being siphoned off for profit, for executive salaries, for investor profit. I don't know what the percentage is, but it's like a Rube Goldberg machine for extracting money. And the poor patient is, well, what about me? You're just kind of an ATM; it's really sad. Private equity goes where the opportunity is, and it's in healthcare.Which side are the insurers truly on?11:48: People have this misguided thinking that, ‘Oh, my insurers are in my corner' They're not in your corner. They're like, ‘They take in premiums, and they pay out claims.' And if they can raise the premiums and raise the copays and deductibles, they don't really care if the prices go up. Plus, they have these very sophisticated deals with big hospital systems.Are we regulating the wrong things in healthcare? 39:33: We regulate all the wrong things. Yes, putting stitches in your hand is fine. You don't need a doctor to do that. A tech can do that fine. But in the U.S., you are going to be billed as if a doctor did it, whether a doctor did it or not. You might be billed for the physician assistant who did it too. You might be charged for both because the doctor might have come and looked at it and said, "Yeah, that needs stitches." So it will be billed in this crazy way, but I think on the other hand, the physician assistants and nurse practitioners are looking for independent licensing. Mostly everything they do is billed as if the doctor did it, even if the doctor was 50 miles away. So that's why some of the bills are so high.Navigating consumer rights and prices50:23: When you go to a hospital, and they give you that clipboard to sign 20 forms or even a tablet, I always cross out the part that says I will pay for anything that my insurance doesn't cover because that's in one of those forms that are always in there. And people should never sign that; you can shop for the electives, small-dollar items. You can get estimates, and to me, this is where the government should come in.Show Links:Recommended Resources:Uwe ReinhardtWillie SuttonRube Goldberg machineNo Surprises ActDiagnosis: Debt (KFF Health News)March of DimesJuvenile Diabetes Research FoundationGuest Profile:Professional Profile at KFF Health NewsHer Work:An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back How Your In-Network Health Coverage Can Vanish Before You Know It (KFF Health News)

In this episode of the Medical Matters Podcast, Dr. Peter Brier and Nurse Practitioner Kelly McCormack discuss how policy changes could leave patients holding the bag. Elisabeth Rosenthal of KFF Health News has written widely on healthcare issues, including a recent opinion piece that recently appeared in the Washington Post.Rosenthal is also the author of the book, An American Sickness. She discussed her findings in this NPR interview.

Part 1:We talk with David Dayen about student loan relief as currently being implemented by the Biden administration. There were many laws passed since the 1960's that provided some relief, but were not implemented. Biden used these methods to provide loan forgiveness to Americans. We talk about the several provisions, and how much ($1.2B) forgiveness has been provided, despite the objections of the Republicans, and despite the Supreme Court not allowing forgiveness in previous attempts.Part 2:We speak with Elisabeth Rosenthal, a Health Care reporter for KFF. Specifically, we discuss the rising incidence of GoFundMe requests for the purpose of paying for health care. This has become very common, even to the extent that hospitals and medical practitioners have recommended this path to patients who cannot afford to pay for treatment. It should be noted that GoFundMe is now run by a for profit private equity group, like many medical practices and hospitals. Patients are encouraged to beg for money for their treatment.  WNHNFM.ORG   production

For the first time, a jury has convicted a parent of a school shooter of charges related to the child's crime, finding a mother in Michigan guilty of involuntary manslaughter and possibly opening a new legal avenue for gun control advocates. Meanwhile, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case challenging the FDA's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, a medical publisher has retracted some of the journal studies that lower-court judges relied on in their decisions. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachana Pradhan of KFF Health News join KFF Health News' Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too.Julie Rovner: The Alabama Daily News' “Alabama Lawmakers Briefed on New ‘ALL Health' Insurance Coverage Expansion Plan,” by Alexander Willis. Alice Miranda Ollstein: Stat's “FDA Urged to Move Faster to Fix Pulse Oximeters for Darker-Skinned Patients,” by Usha Lee McFarling. Sarah Karlin-Smith: The Atlantic's “GoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now,” by Elisabeth Rosenthal. Rachana Pradhan: North Carolina Health News' “Atrium Health: A Unit of ‘Local Government' Like No Other,” by Michelle Crouch and Charlotte Ledger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest Hosts: Marty Carpenter & Taylor Morgan Americans have turned to crowd-funding to try and keep up with their medical expenses. Is financial sympathy from strangers enough to save us from the crushing medical debt weighing on the country? How many people have the kind of disposable income it would take to make a contribution? How did GoFundMe become a normal way to afford medical care? Elisabeth Rosenthal joins Taylor and Marty with her article in the Atlantic.

Editor-In-Chief of KFF Health News and Emergency Physician, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, joins the Glaucomfleckens to talk about how big business is taking over healthcare, how she used to be a journalist at the New York Times and how she got there from being a practicing emergency physician. Dr. Rosenthal also talks about her time in China, her experience with health care in the 90s, and how the US health care system is so expensive, compared to her time aboard. — Want to Learn About Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal?  Twitter/Instagram: @RosenthalHealth — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can't get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – http://www.patreon.com/glaucomflecken  -- A friendly reminder from the G's and Tarsus: If you want to learn more about Demodex Blepharitis, making an appointment with your eye doctor for an eyelid exam can help you know for sure. Visit http://www.EyelidCheck.com for more information.  This episode is brought to you by pRxcision. To see a demo, Go to http://www.prxcision.com/kkh. Today's episode is brought to you by the Nuance Dragon Ambient Experience (DAX). It's like having a virtual Jonathan in your pocket. If you would like to learn more about DAX Copilot check out http://nuance.com/discoverDAX and ask your provider for the DAX Copilot experience. Produced by Human Content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Moral Matters, we're sharing another episode from Searching for Medicine's Soul. In this episode, Dr. Rothstein talks with Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, a senior contributing editor at Kaiser Health News, former New York Times reporter and New York Times best selling author of American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back. Drs. Rothstein and Rosenthal talk about the failures of the American healthcare system and the untenable costs and burdens it foists on both doctors and patients. We are grateful to the Searching for Medicine's Soul podcast for letting us share this episode with you. For more information about Searching for Medicine's Soul:https://searchingformedicinessoul.podbean.com/ Dr. Rosenthal's book: https://www.anamericansickness.com/ Support the podcast: https://www.fixmoralinjury.org/get-started Twitter - @fixmoralinjury Instagram - @moralinjury Facebook - @moralinjuryofhc LinkedIn - Moral Injury of Healthcare

The percentage of working-age adults with health insurance went up and the uninsured rate dropped last year, the U.S. Census Bureau reported this week. There isn't much suspense about which way the uninsured rate is now trending, as states continue efforts to strip ineligible beneficiaries from their Medicaid rolls. But is the focus on the uninsured obscuring the struggles of the underinsured? Also, employer-sponsored insurance costs are climbing, while a mystery is unfolding in Medicare spending. And the CDC recommends the new covid booster for everyone who's at least 6 months old.Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KFF Health News' Emmarie Huetteman to discuss these issues and more. Click here for a transcript of the episode. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too: Emmarie Huetteman: KFF Health News' “The Shrinking Number of Primary Care Physicians is Reaching a Tipping Point,” by Elisabeth Rosenthal. Sarah Karlin-Smith: MedPage Today's “Rural Hospital Turns to GoFundMe to Stay Afloat,” by Kristina Fiore. Joanne Kenen: ProPublica's “How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator for More Than 20 Years,” by Bianca Fortis and Laura Beil. Margot Sanger-Katz: Congressional Budget Office's “Raising the Excise Tax on Cigarettes: Effects on Health and the Federal Budget.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elisabeth Rosenthal, senior contributing editor at KFF Health News and former ER physician, explains the effects of hospital conglomerates on health care costs and the difficulties in preventing mergers.

A listener's doctor wanted her credit card info up front — before her appointment. She wondered: Do I need to give it to them? We did too. After all, who wants the risk of being overcharged — and then having to fight for money back?Experts gave us their best advice, including a couple of tricks to try, and a legal protection you may be able to rely on. Meanwhile, Elisabeth Rosenthal, senior contributing editor at KFF Health News, filled us in on the rapid growth of medical debt as a financial product, including specialized credit cards and financing plans pushed by hospitals and other providers.They can come with steep interest rates, and (surprise, surprise) the terms aren't always spelled out clearly. The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been issuing reports, including a handy FAQ, but hasn't taken enforcement action in a decade.Here's a transcript of this episode. Send your stories and questions. Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.And of course we'd love for you to support this show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Searching for Medicine's Soul, Aaron was joined by Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, senior contributing editor at Kaiser Health News, former New York Times reporter, and New York Times Best Selling author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back. Dr. Rothstein and Dr. Rosenthal talked about the failures of the American healthcare system and the untenable costs and burdens it foists on patients and doctors. 

Join Elsa and Riya for the final episode of season 4 where they conclude their discussion of Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal's book. Elsa and Riya will talk about the true importance of screening for disease, medical technology such as FitBits and Apple Watches, and the pros and cons of telemedicine. Thank you for listening and enjoy the final episode!

In this episode, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal shares a treatment plan for our healthcare system. Elisabeth is an ER doctor turned reporter, and author of the New York Times bestselling book, An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back. Her book reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American healthcare system, and tells us exactly what we can do to fix it. Dr. Rosenthal spent 22 years as a correspondent at the New York Times before joining Kaiser Health News as Editor-in-Chief about five years ago. Follow Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal.Follow host Halle Tecco.Visit the Heart of Healthcare website for more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join Elsa and Riya this week as they discuss tips on how you can save money in your doctor's visits and hospital trips. The content is based on Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal's book “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back”. Listen as Elsa and Riya discuss the importance of asking questions and paying attention to the affiliation of the facility, the professionals you come in contact with, and the type of visit you are having - observation or admission. Elsa and Riya also discuss topics such as doctors self-referring to their own labs and the need for malpractice law reform. Finally, they discuss the Michelin Guide of healthcare and call for more governmental action. If you are in need of financial savings in healthcare, this is not an episode you will want to miss!

Join Elsa and Riya as they continue discussing Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal's book "An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became a Big Business and How You Can Take it Back". One would think that innovations in healthcare would be beneficial for patients and doctors, as it should cut costs and give doctors more time to focus on other tasks. However, financial incentives for hospitals such as innovative technology, outsourcing dialysis treatment, and private hospital rooms seem to be having the opposite effect in a lot of scenarios. Elsa and Riya discuss the Affordable Care Act and a few ways national policy can change to make healthcare better in America.

Join Elsa and Riya as they discuss Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal's book “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became a Big Business and How You Can Take it Back”. Elsa and Riya explain how insurance has become profitable by discussing its history. Reasons for outrageous hospital bills are explored as Elsa and Riya discuss various patient experiences. If you find American Healthcare confusing, listen in to Elsa and Riya as they try to work through the mud.

Health care is heavily regulated. But can the FDA effectively regulate AI in health care? It's episode three of our series “Smarter health."   Elisabeth Rosenthal, Finale Doshi-Velez and Yiannos Tolias join Meghna Chakrabarti.

Join us as Caroline shares her top tips for navigating the healthcare system when you're patient or caregiver (or both!). We focus on ways to protect your mental and emotional energy as you engage with a complex system during a difficult season of life. From compassion to role delegation to systems and strategies, we cover practical and actionable tips to reduce overwhelm as you navigate your health journey. Have your own tips to share? Email caroline@morrisclinic.com and we'll feature them in a future episode.    In overwhelm now? Schedule an intro call to talk through your concerns.    Resources Cancer Chameleon: How You and Your Caregiver Can Take Control of Your Cancer Trek by Andrew Trice An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal

Brian Stelter catches up with two public health experts who helped explain Covid-19 when the pandemic first upended American life two years ago this week. Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal and Dr. James Hamblin discuss the initial "communication vacuum," the decline of trust in information sources, and the potential end of the pandemic. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Can we create incentives to make medicine do the right thing? Is healthcare a public good or a commodity? Join for a conversation around the business of medicine with Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News Editor-in-Chief, NY Times Contributor and author of "An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back". Learn about Elisabeth's journey toward becoming an author and journalist, and her recommendations for what can be done to bring reform to the healthcare system. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tdio/message

What are some of the biggest problems facing American healthcare? How should we think about the tradeoffs of private vs public-run healthcare? In this episode, we answer all these questions and more with our guest Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD.Elisabeth is the editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News, a contributing Opinion Writer at The New York Times who previously spent 22 years at the Times, and the author of 'An American Sickness', A NY Times best-seller, an eye-opening investigation into America's healthcare system. A former ER physician, Dr Rosenthal is an award-winning reporter, correspondent, and patient advocate. She has had an immense impact on American healthcare policy and public discourse, and Washingtonian Magazine recently named her one of the most influential people in D.C. right now.

Elisabeth Rosenthal is a physician and journalist who is currently working as the editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News. She graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed residency and worked as an Emergency Physician before she began working for the New York Times as a reporter. In 2017, she published a book titled, “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back”, which looks at the American healthcare system and how financial incentives have impacted it. We hope you enjoy this episode where we talk about healthcare costs, physician payment models, strategic billing and more.  Questions we asked: What led you to make the switch from being a physician to being a journalist? What do you mean by “health insurance as the original sin” in healthcare?What are your thoughts on alternative models such as Direct Primary Care or Concierge Medicine? Do salary based physician payment models improve overtreatment and overbilling? Could whole genome sequencing further unnecessary medical care and treatment? What are other countries doing to better align healthcare cost and effectiveness? What can the next generation of physicians do to cure this American Sickness?What books would you suggest to medical leaders? Quotes & Ideas: Paying Till it Hurts column by Dr. RosenthalInsurance separates the consumer from the true cost of medicine which allows for business to increase pricing.  “When you receive a ER bill for $17,000 and you're out $3,400 for a COVID screen... that's not skin in the game, that's like having a kidney in the game.” Patient's can't shop around for healthcare prices if they don't know the prices. “Why does it cost that much? Because it's legal and people can.” “Salary based physician payment often becomes salary plus incentives for revenue generation.” “The goal of the physician and nursing workforce is to deliver good care to patients… The goal of the business side of healthcare is often to generate revenue.” Kaiser Health News Bill of the Month Bad medicine is often good business. “People say pharma's bad or PBM's are bad, but It's the way the system interacts with itself that is the problem.”“If physicians don't bring in patients, these hospitals are nothing.” Book Suggestions: An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal The Price We Pay by Marty Makary 

In this episode, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal shares a treatment plan for our healthcare system. Elisabeth is an ER doctor turned reporter. She's the author of the New York Times bestselling book, An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back. Her book reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American healthcare system, and tells us exactly what we can do to fix it. Dr. Rosenthal spent 22 years as a correspondent at the New York Times before joining Kaiser Health News as Editor-in-Chief in 2016. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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

Medical education must always keep up with the times. But the pandemic forcing medical students to learn virtually revealed new fault lines and opportunities to rethink the way medical professionals should learn. The medical field is grappling with which of those changes should become permanent and which ones could jeopardize the quality of healthcare. To get a better understanding of how technology has enabled new ways of approaching medical education, NPR's Jonaki Mehta visits Kaiser Permanente's Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, a school that was uniquely positioned to adapt to the conditions imposed by the pandemic since it opened during quarantine. Elisabeth Rosenthal, editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News and a non-practicing physician, shares her concerns about the medical field leaning more heavily on telemedicine as a result of the pandemic. In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Medical education must always keep up with the times. But the pandemic forcing medical students to learn virtually revealed new fault lines and opportunities to rethink the way medical professionals should learn. The medical field is grappling with which of those changes should become permanent and which ones could jeopardize the quality of healthcare. To get a better understanding of how technology has enabled new ways of approaching medical education, NPR's Jonaki Mehta visits Kaiser Permanente's Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, a school that was uniquely positioned to adapt to the conditions imposed by the pandemic since it opened during quarantine. Elisabeth Rosenthal, editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News and a non-practicing physician, shares her concerns about the medical field leaning more heavily on telemedicine as a result of the pandemic. In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

We learned many long-distance lessons during the pandemic. One of the most important involved visiting the doctor. As Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, author of *An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back* and Editor-in-Chief of *Kaiser Health News,* tells our Jonathon Swersey in the latest episode of *The Resonance Test:* “Many of us spend *way* too much time schlepping into doctors' offices for things that could be done *perfectly* well over the phone.” The pandemic took telemedicine mainstream. Many who previously had only heard of it were forced to experience, practice, and pay for it. The question is: What's it worth? “Is it 50% of a real, in-person visit? 70%? 100%? Sometimes [it's] 120%! But I think it really depends on the kind of visit, and how it's used, and who is creating the telemedicine system.” Regarding the myriad unresolved details of telemedicine—what works well remotely, what must be done in person, how to value all these different treatment options—Rosenthal says: “We have a lot of sorting out to do.” Rosenthal is, admittedly, somewhat skeptical about virtual care. “My worry always that it will be sold as useful because it's commercial, before it's useful—and that could give the whole field a bad name, frankly.” But whatever happens when the big telemedicine sort finally happens, it must ultimately be about creating balance. People will always need to do some things in a non-virtual way. As Rosenthal reminds us: “You can't test someone's reflexes on a screen.” Host: Alison Kotin Engineer: Kyp Pilalas Producer: Ken Gordon

Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal is an internal medicine physician. She is also a New York Times best-selling author and the current Editor-in-Chief of Kaiser Health News.Elisabeth has had an extremely successful career exploring and writing about the complexities of US healthcare system and the human body. She entered the physician-training pipeline as a traditional pre-med/biology major but got the writing bug, started writing for anyone and everyone, and never looked back.Join us for a fascinating discussion with Elisabeth about challenges inherent to the American healthcare system, how physicians are uniquely positioned to write about them, and the steps you can take to do so.You can reach Elisabeth at:ERosenthal@KFF.orgHer book:An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It BackLinks to people and things discussed in this episode:Science DigestDiscoverLeon DanielMarshall AllenSarah KliffMarty MakaryKHN Bill of the MonthPerri KlassOne School Project

When Adam Woodrum's insurance denied a claim for an ER bill, he sent his story to NPR... because he happened to KNOW how to deal with it. And he figured it would be a friendly thing to share what he knew. (Kudos, Adam!)This story was originally reported by Julie Appleby for our pals at Kaiser Health News, and KHN editor-in-chief Elisabeth Rosenthal weighs in at the end. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The infamous fact is that we in the US spend vastly more on healthcare than any other country without necessarily getting better services or outcomes.  The last time I checked, we spend about 20% of our national GDP on healthcare.  Anecdotally, I know tons of people, including myself, who have dealt with outrageous and unpredictable medical bills. In fact, in a 2009 study in the American Journal of Medicine, 62% of bankruptcies were caused by medical issues.  With that said, how should we view healthcare?  As a commodity like anything else that we consume?  Or as a social good, as a right, where any and everyone receives proper and affordable healthcare?   With the complexity of this issue, we could only do it justice by covering it in 2 parts. In part one, we dive into the area that most concerns us: cost.  We discuss the role that insurance companies, hospitals, doctors, and pharmaceutical companies play in cost.In part two: we compare the US system to other systems around the world.  You may be surprised but there’s a lot that we can learn.  We hope this series sheds light on the mystifying world of the US healthcare system while helping us understand the pressing need for us to reform it.  When we say that it’s time to build a new America, we mean that.  I got the amazing opportunity to speak to Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal.  She's the author of the New York Times Best Selling Book  An American Sickness - How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back. Dr. Rosenthal was for 22 years a reporter, correspondent, and senior writer at The New York Times before becoming the editor in chief of Kaiser Health News, an independent journalism newsroom focusing on health and health policy. She holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, trained in internal medicine, and has worked as an ER physician.

Medical matters. Humans seek relief for every known malady. Some problems are serious -- others as trivial as boredom. We crave entertainment and information. Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal is a renowned MD and New York Times' writer covering health care, climate change, China, and the world. Dr. Rosenthal worked as an emergency room physician before becoming a journalist and she is a fascinating guest.   Dr. Rosenthal is the author of “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back” and editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News. Most recently, she wrote powerfully following the massacre of the Boulder Ten with her Washington Post column titled, “I was a Teenage Gun Owner, then an ER Doctor. Assault-style Weapons make me Sick.”   Let's never forget what happened in Boulder. Or Aurora. Or Columbine. Let's not forget or ignore threats around such as racism, climate change, and police brutality at the hands of the Officer Chauvins of the world. Our Troubadour Dave Gunders gifts us with his wonderful song, Way of Forgetting. Let it be a healing song for those grieving in Boulder.   Peter Schaffer is a famous sports agent and attorney whose clients include Jerome Bettis, Barry Sanders, and Joe Thomas. Peter dominates Craig's Lawyers' Lounge discussing the NFL draft, pro sports' future, race relations, LeBron James, the Broncos, and the Chauvin trial and verdicts. Listen to the medical battles the Schaffer family is fighting and how to help.   www.headstrong.org   Rundown - Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal - 00:02:05 Dave Gunders - 00:54:38 Peter Schaffer - 01:09:54

Unpredictable chaos adds up to something over time. That’s David Smith’s story, and it’s also the origin story behind our broken health care system. This week, we explore why sickness pays and health doesn’t, and how we got here in the first place. Our guests this episode are economic historian Melissa Thomasson, health care journalist Elisabeth Rosenthal and futurist Ian Morrison. Keep up with David on twitter @CHIDavidSmith. Resources from the episode: Learn more about the history of our health care system from Melissa Thomasson on Planet Money Elisabeth Rosenthal’s book, An American Sickness Bill of the Month series, a Kaiser Health News + NPR collaboration Keep up with David on twitter @CHIDavidSmith. Have you been hit with a surprise bill or had an infuriating run-in with the health care system? If you want to submit a patient story, email us at costofcare@lemonadamedia.com or leave us a voicemail at 833-453-6662. Support for this podcast comes from The Commonwealth Fund, a health care research foundation working to improve the U.S. health system. Visit commonwealthfund.org/costofcare, and stay connected by following us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Commonwealth Fund: Affordable, quality health care. For everyone. You can click this link for a full list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/thecostofcare/ shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD and editor-in-chief for Kaiser Health News identified five Trump Policies she feels should continue.We cover them and discuss the IT implications. 

March 1, 2021: Anne Weiler, health tech entrepreneur and advisor to This Week in Health IT joins Bill for the news. What happens after you sell a successful health startup? What are the stages of a CEO getting back into the real world? We call it health tech CEO recovery. Retail giant Walmart might be slowing down their ambitious expansion into healthcare. With the growth of telemedicine, how many handy clinics do you actually need? How much data is healthcare generating every single day? What do we have to do to clean it up? The platform Truveta will use machine learning and AI to take billions of clinical data points provided by the health systems for searchable health insights. Microsoft announced a new portal called Viva. IBM are trying to sell off their Watson Health business and CVS Health launched a senior medical alert system called Symphony. Plus how fine is the line when technology tries to start telling you how you're feeling?Key Points:At what point do we have a saturation of handy clinics? [00:09:20] Walmart may not be in the edgy tech space but they're still one of those companies that does experiment, learn, experiment, learn, experiment, learn and then scale [00:10:35] An American Sickness book by Elisabeth Rosenthal [00:15:50] IBM are trying to sell off their Watson Health business [00:18:05] No matter how smart your machine learning is, if it's not being trained on anything it's not going to get any smarter. [00:20:26] Microsoft announced a new portal Viva [00:32:22] CMS are starting to loosen their pocket books to reimburse for things that are going on in the home [00:42:05] CVS Health launched a senior medical alert system called Symphony [00:42:15] Stories:Walmart may roll back its ambitious push into healthcare - BeckersMicrosoft launches Viva, a bet on the future of remote work - The VergeIBM sale of Watson Health could enable renewed focus on cloud growth - Healthcare IT news Leading health systems form Truveta to aggregate and sell anonymized patient data - Healthcare FinanceMachine Learning In Healthcare: How To Avoid GIGO - Wellpepper blogCVS Health Launches Senior Medical Alert System, Symphony - HIT Consultant

President-elect Joe Biden announced his health care team this week. We check out their credentials and ask if they're up to the task of pushing back the pandemic and pushing forward health care in America. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kathleen Sebelius and Dr. Rajesh Gandhi join Meghna Chakrabarti.

The death toll from coronavirus continues to mount, as does the economic fallout. Our week in the news roundtable reflects on another unprecedented week. Jonathan Karl, Lisa Desjardins and Elisabeth Rosenthal join Jane Clayson.

The coronavirus outbreak in China is causing panic worldwide. The World Health Organization has declared it a global health emergency and all we hear about are doubling infection rates, massive quarantines, and drugstores running out of masks. In this episode of How To!, we ask Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, former New York Times reporter and author of An American Sickness, how she and her family survived the previous SARS epidemic in Beijing. We also revisit our conversation with Dr. Tom Inglesby, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, about what to do—and what not to do—if the coronavirus becomes a full-blown pandemic and spreads to where you live. Do you have a tough question or a problem that needs solving? Send us a note at howto@slate.com.

Elisabeth Rosenthal is the author of a provocative and powerful book on healthcare delivery in the United States called “An American Sickness.” She joins us during a nationwide debate over healthcare reform to evaluate our current state and how to move forward.