Health Care News Podcast
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Health Care News Podcast
The Heartland Institute podcast featuring libertarian and conservative health care scholars who are working to put power back into the hands of patients and doctors, and away from government bureaucrats.
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Why Obamacare Was Never Affordable — A Candid Look at the 2025 Health Care Stalemate
Health economist Devin Herrick joins AnneMarie Schieber to break down the fight over Obamacare subsidies behind the government shutdown, what happens...
Republicans are resisting pressure to include Obamacare premium tax credits
Republicans are resisting pressure to include Obamacare premium tax credits in the Stopgap Funding bill which would fund the government until November...
From $2.5 Million to $104 Million: How Medicaid Exploded in Minnesota
How did Minnesota’s Medicaid program balloon from $2.5 million to $104 million today?
Join AnneMarie Schieber, managing editor of Health Care Ne...
RFK Jr. is clamping down on removing organs from patients declared “brain dead.”
HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. is clamping down on removing organs from patients declared “brain dead.” Join AnneMarie Schieber, managing editor of...
What is next in the fight to manage waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid now that the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) is law?
What is next in the fight to manage waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid now that the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) is law? Join AnneMarie Schieber, m...
Hot Topics—Prior Authorization Shakeup, Gig Worker Health, Heat Wave Dangers & Whole Milk Wins
Welcome to another episode of the Heartland Daily Podcast, where Ann Marie Sheber and healthcare economist Devon Herrick unpack this week’s biggest de...
Why don’t we have a health care reform bill yet?
In this episode of the Heartland Daily Podcast, AnneMarie Schieber and economist Devon Herrick break down the latest health care debates in Washington...
Why Republicans Dropped the Ball on Medicaid Reform
The "Big Beautiful Act" turned into a big disappointment for Medicaid reform. Instead of adding ways to improve Medicaid benefits, like cutting non-me...
Hospitals Rejecting Medicare Advantage: What's Really Going On?
Are hospitals locking out Medicare Advantage enrollees? Find out the likely real reason behind the shutout and why we should be worried if MA can no l...
AI Doctors Are on the Rise
Will AI replace your doctor? Bill Gates seems to think so. In today’s podcast, AnneMarie Schieber, managing editor of Health Care News, and Devon Herr...
The Consent Trap: Agreeing to Medical Bills Without Knowing Prices
How can you consent to paying for something if you don’t know the price? In today’s podcast, AnneMarie Schieber of Health Care News and Devon Herrick...
Medicaid Reform, FDA Firestorms, and Beating Bad Medical Bills
Can you beat a medical bill you feel is unfair? AnneMarie Schieber and Devon Herrick discuss their personal experience. Can Congress rein in Medicai...
CDC Shake-Up, Big Pharma Influence, and the Vaccine Policy Wars
Hours before his confirmation hearing, former Rep. Dave Weldon’s nomination to head the CDC was withdrawn. Weldon has been a vaccine critic. How muc...
Conflict of Interest: Medical Boards Serving Doctors or Patients?
In this episode of Health Care News, hosts AnneMarie Schieber and Devon Herrick dive into the critical debates shaping health care today. They discuss...
Untangling Healthcare: Free Market Solutions to America's Biggest Challenges
In this episode of The Heartland Daily Podcast, host AnneMarie Schieber is joined by health economist Devon Herrick for an in-depth discussion on the...
Obamacare's Olympian Premiums – "I couldn’t afford it," says Mary Lou Retton (Guest: Kansas State Sen. Beverly Gossage)
Olympian Mary Lou Retton made a stunning revelation when asked why she didn’t have health insurance while she was in intensive care fighting for her l...
Are Hospitals Prematurely Ending Life for Organs? – Heidi Klessig, M.D.
You see the reports in the news all the time, a patient on life support has given the “gift of life” by donating organs. Few people realize but organ...
Consumers Have Spent Billions on Decongestants that Don’t Work
In this episode of Health Care News, we delve into the recent revelation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that certain over-the-counter decon...
The Domino Effect of Medicare Hospital Reimbursements on Soaring Health Costs
For years, Medicare has paid hospitals and their affiliates more for services than it has to others. The reasons are complex, but this policy signific...
Four-Year-Old Child Trapped in Hospital Getting Against Parents' Will (Guest: Hope Schacter, Mother)
For almost 4 weeks, four-year-old Autumn Schall has been virtually trapped at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, in Palo Alto, CA against the will of...
Removing Medicaid Loopholes to Improve Long-Term Health Care
Stephen Moses, one of the leading experts on long-term care in the U.S., says the nation can dramatically improve the quality of our health care syste...
Woke Lawsuits Target Affordable Healthcare (Guest: Hal Frampton)
Join us as Hal Frampton, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, delves into a pivotal legal case in Michigan's Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appe...
Was Obamacare Designed to Fail?
Is it possible that Obamacare was intentionally set up to falter, leading frustrated Americans to implore the federal government to assume control of...
Obamacare’s Dirty Little Secret (Guest: John C. Goodman, Ph.D.)
Hidden within the intricacies of Obamacare lies an unsettling truth that many are unaware of. Dive deep with us as we uncover how this renowned health...
How Cancer Exposes Obamacare’s Flaws (Guest: Robert Fioretti)
On this episode of "Health Care News," former Chicago and Illinois politician Robert "Bob" Fioretti shares his experience as a cancer survivor and hig...
Personalized Care Act Could Open the Door for Direct Care
Direct primary care (DPC) gets rave reviews from patients and doctors. So why aren’t more people gravitating to this affordable, no-hassle care that p...
Independent vs Corporate Medicine (Guest: Dr. Hal Scherz)
It's not hard to find someone not complaining about healthcare these days, but it's not because we lack talented health professionals, it's the delive...
If You’re Incapacitated, Will the Hospital Save You? (Guest: Dr. Heidi Klessig)
Starting July 21, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) will be meeting to consider two options that would expand the legal definition of death. The first...
Is the Government Changing HIPAA to Block State Law Enforcement?
The Biden administration recently proposed a new rule to change health care privacy protections under the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Acco...
Did the FDA Sabotage a Non-Addictive Pain Killer? (Guest: Charles L. Hooper)
Did the FDA destroy what could have been a non-addictive pain killer that might have staved off the opioid crisis before it ever stood a chance? Sever...
Killing “Certificate of Need” Laws (Guest: Marcello Hochman, M.D.)
This episode of Health Care News focuses on the recent repeal of the Certificate of Need and financial credentialing in the healthcare industry by Gov...
Did This Hospital Intend to Kill Grace Schara?
In early spring of 2021, the family of Grace Schara, a 19-year-old young woman with Down’s Syndrome, brought their daughter to an emergency room at th...
Milton Friedman's Vision: A ‘Plan for America’ and the Future of Entitlements
Milton Friedman was a staunch advocate for privatizing Medicaid and Social Security, relying on the free market to regulate healthcare. The 'Plan for...
Will the U.S. Supreme Court be the Arbiter of Drug Safety? (Guest: Rik Mehta)
How is it that Mifepristone was approved in the first place? The drug has high risk implications and because of that was authorized under a specific...
Why Are There Prescription Drug Shortages? (Guest: John Goodman)
Have you ever visited a pharmacy only to discover that your prescription medication was out of stock? This issue is not limited to drug stores; it als...
Can You Trust Your Hospital Doctor? (Guest: Twila Brase)
Can the doctor taking care of you in the hospital be trusted? In this episode of "Health Care News," Twila Brase, R.N., a leading voice on patient adv...
Cancer Can Expose the Health Care Shortcomings Under Obamacare
In this episode, host AnneMarie Schieber dives into the story of Robert "Bob" Fioretti, an influential figure in the world of Chicago and Illinois pol...
Will Biden Declare Abortion a Public Emergency? (Guest: Rik Mehta)
In this episode of Health Care News, we explore the possibility of the Biden administration declaring a public health emergency to override state regu...
How the AARP Works Against, Not For, Seniors (Guest: Chris Jacobs)
Most people recognized the acronym AARP. It’s for the American Association of Retired Persons. But few realize that rather than represent the interest...
The Expansion of Government Power Through Social Determinants in Health (Guest: Matt Dean)
Join us for a thought-provoking episode as Matt Dean, Senior Fellow on Health Care Policy Outreach at The Heartland Institute, delves into the latest...