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Paging America
by Miles Baker
Exploring the power, profit & politics shaping American health care with hosts Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson. New episodes every Thursday.
Episodes
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MAHA’s Scorecard: Zero Promises Kept
Two-thirds of Americans now support Medicare for All, up from 50% in 2020. Even a third of Republicans are on board. This week, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down the new KFF polling, why the topline number comes with a glass jaw, and what it means heading into the midterms. The MAHA...
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Healthcare on the Ballot: Kansas, Maine, and Michigan
Healthcare is the center of the fight for the Senate. Hosts Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down three races where it is shaping the outcome: Kansas, Maine, and Michigan. Kansas. A state that should have been a layup for Republicans is now competitive. Sen. Roger Marshall, a former OB-GYN,...
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The MAHA Conference Goes Corporate
Physicians with the Committee to Protect Health Care descended on Washington to fight Dr. Heidi Overton’s nomination to lead the FDA, and by most accounts it was a bad day for her. Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down why the fight is far from over and how medical professionals can still...
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RFK Jr.'s Chemtrails, Overton's FDA Bid, and Dr. Vin Gupta on What Comes Next
This week on Paging America, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson are discussing the Senate HELP Committee hearing for FDA nominee Heidi Overton, whose support for changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and push to restrict abortion have raised serious alarms. Miles walks through the two-step…
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Silicon Valley's Rush to Replace Your Doctor With AI
Hosts Miles Baker and Dr Rob Davidson kick off today’s show talking about HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s return to the anti-vaccine movement he helped build. He will be headlining the sold-out Children’s Health Defense conference, which is the same organization he chaired for eight years and...
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Mapping the MAHA Movement with The Bulwark's Will Sommer
Miles Baker and Dr Rob Davidson are back to break down a packed news week in American healthcare politics. New York Times reporting reveals the DOJ’s ongoing investigation into pandemic-era scientists, including Dr. Fauci, an effort that began under former FBI official Dan Bongino. The probe has...
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FDA Chief Scientist Exposes Trump’s Vaccine Executive Order
This week on Paging America, Dr. Rob Davidson and Miles Baker break down an alarming wave of political corruption, crumbling consumer healthcare protections, and unprecedented attacks on foundational public health policy. We open with a bombshell leaked grand jury report out of Florida revealing...
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A Dietician Watches RFK Jr's Cooking Show So You Don't Have To
We have the largest measles outbreak in 35 years it’s getting worse all around the country. A political firestorm it’s ignited in Pennsylvania after two unvaccinated residents died from measles-associated causes in Lancaster County. This has led to a tense phone call between Governor Josh Shapiro...
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Trump Nominates a Zealot to Lead the FDA
Trump has nominated Dr. Heidi Overton, an outspoken anti-abortion, anti-vaccine ideologue, to run the FDA, one of the most powerful regulatory agencies in the country. Miles and Dr. Rob dig into Overton’s record, including her celebration of the fall of Roe v. Wade and her history of spreading...
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CDC in a Death Spiral
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down the week in health politics: surprise primary results across Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota show healthcare access becoming a defining issue for Democratic candidates even as national narratives miss what’s actually happening on the ground. Then,...
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Fauci in Contempt, Kennedy Off the Rails
It’s been a chaotic week in health politics. The Senate Homeland Security Committee votes along party lines to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt, a move Rob and Miles call political theater with ugly historical echoes. The passage of the resolution clears the way for a criminal referral to the Justice...
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The Yips: Trump’s Frustration with RFK Jr.
This week on Paging America, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down Dr. Fauci’s contentious Senate hearing. We take a look at Sen. Bernie Moreno’s viral, expletive-laden questioning and what it reveals about political theater overtaking public health oversight. Plus, a bombshell Wall Street...
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Pete Hegseth's Weird Experiments on the Troops
This week, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson tackle the cyclospora outbreak. With over 7,000 suspected cases and 200+ hospitalizations nationwide, with CDC numbers lagging far behind what state health departments are reporting. A Taylor Farms lettuce facility was initially flagged as the source,...
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How Can Americans Survive the "Explosive Diarrhea" Parasite, Climate Change and MAGA?
Thank you Chris Resists, Laura A. Drury, Stuart Cohen, Cathy Stein, Annette Dejesus, and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...
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The Great MAHA Betrayal Continues
This week on Paging America, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down the growing cyclospora outbreak spreading across 34 states and the CDC’s alarmingly slow, under-resourced response. They also trace the widening rift between the “Make America Healthy Again” movement and the Trump...
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Trump Dementia Diagnosis Amid MAHA Divorce
Could we be witnessing the public divorce of the MAHA and MAGA movements? We dig into a devastating new piece from Rolling Stone that explores the cracks forming between the two alliances. And Democrats are sharpening their healthcare attacks ahead of the 2026 midterms. WIth healthcare being one…
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Dr. Crudité, Dr. Trump and the Healthcare Death Spiral
What happens when political review replaces evidence-based science? This week on Paging America, host Dr. Rob Davidson is joined by special guest Dr. Chelsea Daniels—family physician, abortion provider, and co-host of The Situation Womb (filling in for Miles Baker). Together, they break down a...
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Ivermectin: The Beef Tallow of Medicine
What happens when politics completely takes the wheel of public health? Let’s look at Tennessee, where highly concentrated doses of Ivermectin isn’t just junk science for treating COVID anymore! It’s being sold over the counter as a miracle cure for stage 4 cancer. And to make matters worse, the...
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Ebola Survivor Dr. Craig Spencer and is RFK Done at HHS?
Virginia’s rural hospitals are facing a quiet crisis. Up to 70% are at risk of closure or serious financial distress, and the state is far from alone. This episode breaks down what’s driving the collapse of rural healthcare and who’s bearing the cost. We also look at a buried provision in a new…
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HHS on Autopilot and the "Secret Plan" to Cut Entitlements
Fresh off the Committee to Protect Healthcare’s first National Organizing Summit in Chicago, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down a chaotic week in American health policy where ideology is colliding head-on with public health reality. First, the hosts dive into explosive reporting exposing...
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Milkmaxxing and The Resurgence of Preventable Diseases in America
Miles and Dr. Rob are live from Chicago ahead of the Committee to Protect Healthcare’s first National Organizing Summit for Universal Care with LOTS to talk about: Preventable diseases are making a comeback as vaccine rates fall, with Rob reporting firsthand sightings of chickenpox and whooping...
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Trump's Health Problems Won't Stop the Grift
In a win for grassroots democracy, the group Michiganders for Money Out of Politics turned in over 562,000 signatures this week — well above the threshold needed to put a measure on the November ballot that would ban corporate donations to political causes from public utilities and large state...
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MEMORIAL DAY WITH STEVE SCHMIDT, PLUS I TAKE THE COGNITIVE TEST, WITH DR. ROB DAVIDSON
Thank you Dani Smart, Peter W Shuster, Bird Mama, Katherine Cooper, CO, and many others for tuning into my live video with Jim Acosta and Steve Schmidt! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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Purges and Implants and Grifting.. Oh My!
This week on the show, the Supreme Court has punted mifepristone access back to the notoriously hostile Fifth Circuit — a short-term win for advocates, but a longer-term gift to Republicans hoping to dodge the issue before the midterms. We break down what the ruling actually means and where Alito...
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Polling the MAHA Voter
With the midterm elections looming, a staggering 41% of Americans now identify with the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement. But who are these voters, and what do they actually want? Host Miles welcomes KFF Senior Survey Manager Lunna Lopes to go past the talking points and look straight…
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"Under-babied and over-medicated"
This week in health policy chaos: Mifepristone remains available for now after a series of last-minute court stays, but the Trump DOJ's silence in the case has legal experts baffled. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned rather than approve fruit-flavored vapes — beating Trump to the punch. A...
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The Battle Over Medication Abortion: Courts & Chaos
This week, Miles and Dr. Rob open with a seismic shift in reproductive rights: a Fifth Circuit ruling that functionally banned mifepristone access via telehealth and through pharmacies, throwing medication abortion into chaos nationwide, even in states like Michigan where abortion rights are...
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MAHA Got Played and Big Tobacco Got a Promotion
This week, Miles and Dr. Rob cover a week of troubling health care news: Senator Bill Cassidy goes soft on RFK Jr. at Senate hearings as he faces a tough Senate primary, a former tobacco executive lands a CDC deputy director role, and the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund is shaping up...
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Misinterpreting Vaccine Data = More Clicks, Fewer Jabs
Dr. Rob and Dr. Kristin Lyerly break down major developments shaping the current health care and political landscape, including new threats to environmental health in the Boundary Waters, the detention of a physician serving an underserved community, and high-stakes judicial races in Georgia…
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Yet Another Health Care Election...
Miles and Dr. Rob break down major developments shaping the current health care and political landscapes, including a landslide Wisconsin Supreme Court race, new polling showing strong opposition toward cutting health care to fund foreign conflicts, and the Trump administration’s push to access...
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Michigan’s Plan to Stop Corporate Money in Politics
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson unpack the proposed healthcare cuts to fund the war in Iran, new polling showing healthcare as the top voter issue, and ongoing attacks on reproductive rights, abortion pills, and Medicaid. The episode highlights how political decisions in Washington are directly...
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No Kings and the Fight for Democracy with Ezra Levin
Miles and Dr. Rob are joined by Ezra Levin, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Indivisible, to talk about the explosive growth of the “No Kings” movement, and why it’s about more than just protests. Levin breaks down how grassroots organizing, especially in small towns and overlooked...
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The 16 Year Anniversary of the ACA: An Interview with Hon. Mark Schauer
Miles Baker is joined by Mark Schauer, former Congressman, Vice President of Winning Connections, and board member of both Planned Parenthood in Michigan and the Committee to Protect Health Care. Mark shares his firsthand experience helping pass the landmark legislation, working alongside Barack...
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How RFK Jr Dismantled America's Health Care Infrastructure in 1 Year
Thank you Laura A. Drury, the real pambo, Rachel-We are Renee and Keith, Nick G, A Dude On The Couch, Rhonda Foster, and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss…
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Sen. Peter Welch Takes on Big Pharma
Miles and Dr. Rob unpack a critical moment in U.S. health care, from a federal judge blocking key vaccine policy changes tied to RFK Jr., to growing fractures within the “Make America Healthy Again” movement. They also dig into the real-world impact of rising health care costs, with new data...
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The Drug Price Reform Big Pharma Fears
Miles is joined by emergency physician and Committee to Protect Health Care board member, Dr. Chris Ford, to break down the turmoil surrounding Surgeon General nominee Casey Means, whose ties to wellness influencers and sponsored health products are drawing criticism from across the medical...
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Justice on the Ballot in Wisconsin
Miles is joined by OB-GYN, Committee to Protect Health Care Board Chair, and health care advocate Dr. Kristin Lyerly to unpack another week in American health politics. They discuss the shaky confirmation prospects for Surgeon General nominee Casey Means, as well as the Texas Democratic Senate...
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The Weird and Wild Casey Means Confirmation Hearing
Miles and Dr. Rob break down the confirmation hearing of Surgeon General nominee Casey Means, and ask the uncomfortable question at the center of it: is she actually practicing medicine? From dodging questions on vaccines and the MMR shot to conflicts of interest tied to glucose monitors and...
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Biohazard Bobby’s One-Year Anniversary
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson mark the one-year anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of HHS, and take stock of the chaos. They begin with a sobering look at new research linking abortion restrictions to higher maternal mortality. The conversation also touches on staffing shakeups...
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MAHA Goes Prime Time
Miles and Dr. Rob sort through another chaotic week in health politics. Dr. Oz urges all Americans to get the measles vaccine during a major outbreak, despite his boss, RFK Jr., spreading doubt about vaccine safety. Meanwhile, RFK Jr. pushes dubious claims about diet and mental illness. The hosts...
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Spotlight on Data: Health Care and the '26 Midterms
Miles Baker is joined by Liz Hamel of KFF for a Spotlight on Data, where they examine new polling on health care affordability and the 2026 midterms. They discuss why health care costs have become one of Americans’ top economic worries, how rising medical expenses compare to food and housing…
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ICE in Hospitals & the Trump Rx Grift
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down a cascade of political decisions and enforcement actions that are actively reshaping American health care. The episode covers new reporting on ICE disrupting care inside hospitals, Democratic senators raising alarms about the legality of Trump’s…
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Doctors Fight Back Against ICE
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson confront the expanding role of ICE and DHS in and around hospitals, and the growing consequences for public health. The conversation begins in Minneapolis, where the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents has shattered official narratives and forced a...
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The Nexus of ICE and Health Care
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson unpack Donald Trump’s long-promised “Great Healthcare Plan,” a glossy rollout with few details, impossible math, and recycled GOP ideas and tie in the political fallout for Senator Bill Cassidy. They discuss the impact of ICE’s presence in Minnesota and how it’s...
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The New War on Reproductive Health Care
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down the escalating political attacks on reproductive health care and the federal institutions meant to protect patients. They examine the renewed effort to undermine Mifepristone through a politicized Congressional hearing, the growing push to enforce bans…
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No Booze for Breakfast
Miles and Dr. Rob kick off the new year by laying out the health care fights already shaping 2026. From rising insurance costs and unfinished ACA business to reinstating an upside-down food pyramid (while removing guidelines around alcohol moderation), the hosts break down how political decisions...
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Holiday Special: Mailbag Episode
In this special mailbag episode, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson are joined by Producer Chris Savage to answer listener questions on the biggest health care fights heading into 2026. Tune in to learn more about our hosts and what led them to start Paging America. See you in 2026! Join the fight…
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Best of Paging America 2025: Jason Kander
A re-release of Episode 26 with special guest Jason Kander, veteran, author, and health care advocate, to discuss the VA system, PTSD care, and why privatization threatens veterans’ health. Background reading: Find Jason at https://jasonkander.com/ Majority 54 Podcast,...
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Republicans Stare into the Abyss, and Jump
In this week’s episode, Miles and Dr. Rob break down the accelerating fallout from Republican health care policy, from massive staffing cuts at the VA that threaten care for veterans to congressional dysfunction that all but guarantees steep ACA premium hikes in the new year. They unpack how...
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Health Care Hunger Games
In this week’s episode, Miles and Dr. Rob break down a wild week in health care politics—starting with Trump’s “rural hospital Hunger Games,” a $50 billion scheme that pressures states to restrict food assistance and deregulate junk insurance in exchange for more funding. They also examine Texas’...
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Exploring the power, profit & politics shaping American health care with hosts Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson. New episodes every Thursday.
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