https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-health-care-policy--2979079enPoliticsCopyright Radio Americahttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/fee8a045251c66d69e9741a75bcf9cf5.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-health-care-policy--2979079Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:34:13 +0000Radio AmericaRadio Americafeeds@spreaker.comA Healthier You - Better Health Care Policy features current developments in health care policy in the United States.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-healthier-you-prescription-prices-and-patient-access-to-medication--14938597http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/10/23/a-healthier-you--prescription-prices-and-patient-access-to-medicationMon, 23 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0000Radio AmericaDr. Rafael Fonseca, a hematologist and oncologist at the Mayo Clinic, explains why the value of some prescription medications justifies a much higher price tag than other drugs used to treat the same problems.  Dr. Fonseca also discusses how the vast...760health,healthcare,insurance,obamacare,prescriptionsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-healthier-you-the-price-of-cancer-drugs--14938593
 ]]>http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/10/23/a-healthier-you--the-price-of-cancer-drugsMon, 23 Oct 2017 13:00:00 +0000Radio AmericaI’m Dr. Rafael Fonseca, and this is A Healthier You. There is a heightened interest in the price of cancer drugs. As an oncologist, I understand that there is a natural tension between what is perceived as the proper price of medicines, and what is a...
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 ]]>http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/10/23/a-healthier-you--doctors-pressured-to-limit-the-use-of-costly-new-drugsMon, 23 Oct 2017 13:00:00 +0000Radio AmericaI’m Dr. Rafael Fonseca and this is A Healthier You. Oncologists like myself are under increasing pressure to balance the needs of “society” with those of our patients by limiting the use of costly new drugs. Health care payers are using research from...
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 ]]>http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/08/29/a-healthier-you--the-demanding-patientTue, 29 Aug 2017 14:30:00 +0000Radio AmericaThis is Bob Tufts of My Life is Worth It for A Healthier You. As a multiple myeloma patient, I have strong views on health care reform. This includes the belief that a demanding patient is good for the health care system. Improvement in health care is...
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 ]]>729healthcare,health care,insurance,obamacare,patientfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/getting-in-the-way-of-good-medicine--14938600http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/04/07/getting-in-the-way-of-good-medicineFri, 07 Apr 2017 16:00:00 +0000Radio AmericaInsurance companies are more frequently refusing to cover the cost of prescription drugs, even when their plans promise that they will.  This leaves patients less healthy and pharmaceutical companies stripped of incentive to innovate.  American...745falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/battling-the-bureaucratic-leviathon--14938603http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/04/07/battling-the-bureaucratic-leviathonFri, 07 Apr 2017 15:00:00 +0000Radio AmericaGalen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner explains how government and private sector bureaucracy teamed up to drive the price of health care out of reach for tens of millions of Americans and why the Affordable Care Act only made things far worse....777falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/step-therapy--14938599http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/04/07/step-therapyFri, 07 Apr 2017 14:30:00 +0000Radio AmericaA Healthier You Feature with Dr. Baum56falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prescriptions-denied--14938601http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/04/07/prescriptions-deniedFri, 07 Apr 2017 14:00:00 +0000Radio AmericaA Healthier You Feature with Dr. Baum56falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lives-or-dollars--14938604http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/04/07/lives-or-dollarsFri, 07 Apr 2017 13:30:00 +0000Radio AmericaA Healthier You Feature with Dr. Baum60falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blocking-patients--14938606http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/04/07/blocking-patientsFri, 07 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +0000Radio AmericaA Healthier You Feature with Dr. Baum52falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/innovation--14938608http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/04/07/innovationFri, 07 Apr 2017 12:30:00 +0000Radio AmericaA Healthier You Feature with Grace Marie Turner60falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-divides-us--14938607http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/04/07/what-divides-us-4Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:30:00 +0000Radio AmericaA Healthier You Feature with Grace Marie Turner61falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/worried-about-doctors--14938609http://www.blogtalkradio.com/better-health-care-policy/2017/04/07/worried-about-doctorsFri, 07 Apr 2017 12:00:00 +0000Radio AmericaA Healthier You Feature with Grace Marie Turner60falsefull