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Dr. David Eagle: The Hospital Squeeze

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John Desser: Health Savings Accounts and Market-Based Healthcare Solutions

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Elizabeth Chamblee Birch on The Pain Brokers

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John Bertrand on FDA Approval, CMS Reimbursement, and AI Healthcare Reality

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REFILL | Tomas Philipson on IRA, Inflation, Real Wages, and COVID Policy Tradeoffs (Originally Aired: June 2, 2023)

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REFILL | Naomi Lopez on Healthcare AI, ACCESS, TEMPO, and the Future of Care (Originally Aired: January 23, 2026)

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REFILL | Jackson Hammond on NHE, CMS Reform, and Making Insurance Almost Obsolete (Originally Aired: January 22, 2026)

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REFILL | Michael Cannon on STLDI and ACA Coverage: Costs, Choice, and Tradeoffs (Originally Aired: January 27, 2026)

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REFILL | Ryan Long on 340B Drug Pricing, Enhanced ACA Tax Credits, and Medicare Part D (Originally Aired: September 24, 2025)

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"REFILL" | Dutch Rojas on Healthcare Economics, Direct Contracting, and Tax-Exempt Health Systems (Originally Aired: September 15, 2025)

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"REFILL" | Dr. Brian Miller on FDA Regulatory Reform and the Valley of Death in Medical Innovation (Originally Aired: March 21, 2025)

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"REFILL" | Peter Pitt on FDA Advisory Committees, Make America Healthy Again, and Drug Pricing (Originally Aired: May 23, 2025)

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"REFILL" - Ryan Long on the ACA Subsidy Fight, Phantom Enrollees, and Reforming 340B

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"REFILL" White House Rivalries and CDC Reform with Dr. Tevi Troy

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"REFILL" | Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on COVID Infection Rates, Natural Immunity, and the Great Barrington Declaration (Originally Aired: July 20, 2023)

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Tax Expenditures, 340 B Drug Pricing, and Kidney Donation Reform

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"REFILL" - The Economics of Ozempic and Other Weight Loss Drugs (Originally Aired: May 2024)

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Tom Barker on The Truth About Drug Pricing Policy

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Dr. Mark McClellan on How FDA and CMS Should Work Together

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Dr. Redfield's Warning: Hantavirus| Bird Flu| Long COVID and More

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The European Union Explained with Christiaan Alting von Geusau

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Hungary Election After Orban with Christiaan Alting von Geusau

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Obamacare, HSAs, and Reference Pricing with Dr. John Goodman

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340B | Part D | the Real Drivers of Drug Costs with Ryan Long

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340B, Part D, and the Real Drivers of Drug Costs with Ryan Long

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State AI Laws, Preemption and Health Innovation with Adam Thierer

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HTI 5, Health Data Control and AI with Kat McDavitt and Lisa Bari

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Rural Health on the Front Lines: Dr. Manny Sethi on Access, Private Equity, and Prevention

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Alzheimer’s in Real Life: Sue Peschin on Early Detection, Biomarkers, CED, and the ASAP Act

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STLDI and ACA Coverage: Costs, Choice, and Tradeoffs

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Ryan Long on the ACA Subsidy Fight, Phantom Enrollees, and Reforming 340B

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Healthcare AI Gets Real: Naomi Lopez on ACCESS, TEMPO, and the Future of Care

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Are We Getting Our Money’s Worth? Jackson Hammond on NHE, CMS Reform & Making Insurance Almost Obsolete

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Fixing Obamacare Without Repeal: Tony LoSasso on Competition, Subsidies & Fiscal Reality

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Ryan Long on The Hidden Costs of 340B and ACA Subsidies—and Why Reform Matters

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Dutch Rojas on Physician-Owned Hospitals, Transparency, and Ending Healthcare Monopolies

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Inside the Business of American Healthcare with Wharton’s Dr. Lawton Burns

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Debunking the Myths of the One Big Beautiful Bill with Brian Blase

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Sean Spicer on Why Legacy Media Is Failing, Trump’s Impact & the Future of GOP Messaging

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Stephen Parente on How Transparency Can Fix U.S. Healthcare Costs

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Dan Troy on the FDA, Free Speech, and the Future of Drug Innovation

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How to Rescue Medicare and Rebuild America’s Health Insurance Market with Michael Cannon

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Peter Pitts on Navigating FDA Bureaucracy and Unlocking Health Innovation

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Tevi Troy on Power, Politics, and the Fight to Reclaim Big Pharma’s Image

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How to Restore Patient Care in a Broken System with Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio

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Ryan Long on How the 340B Drug Program Got Hijacked—and What It’s Costing Patients

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How Legal Shifts Are Reshaping U.S. Healthcare Policy with Kelly Cleary

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How Regulatory Reform Can Accelerate Medical Innovation in America with Dr. Brian Miller

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Unpacking the Obamacare Money Laundering Scheme with Brian Blase

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Trump’s Healthcare Overhaul & Canada as the 51st State? Sally Pipes Weighs In

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Josh Rauh on the DOGE Initiative: Can It Fix America’s Financial Crisis?

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Reforming Healthcare and Economic Policy to Help Americans Thrive with Vance Ginn

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3 Key Changes That Could Transform American Healthcare with Economist Anthony LoSasso

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Kat McDavitt and Lisa Bari of The Health Tech Talk Show on Healthcare Tech, Data, and Interoperability

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What Actually Drives Better Health in America with Dr. Joel Zinberg

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Dr. Robert Redfield on How RFK Jr.'s Vision for Health Reform Can End America’s Health Crisis

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3 Ways to Fix Government in a Polarized Era with Daniel Rothschild

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What a Trump 2.0 Presidency Means for the Future of Health Care with Dr. Lanhee Chen

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Justin Shubow on the Politics of Architecture and How to Make America Beautiful Again

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Ge Bai on the IRA, CBO Insights, and Long-Term Care Financial Burdens

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Economist Casey Mulligan on How Democrats Secretly Gutted Medicare

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Examining the Impoundment Act and Its Impact on Budget Control with Mark Paoletta

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How Pharmacists Can Revolutionize Healthcare with Tim Frost

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Calley Means on Trump, RFK Jr. and the Path to Making America Healthy Again

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Yuval Levin on How the Constitution Can Heal a Divided Nation

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Unveiling National Security Failures: Victoria Coates on Arab-Israeli Relations and Global Geopolitics [DC EKG Rerun]

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Dr. Joel Zinberg on Telehealth, AI, and Healthcare Reform – Insights from a Surgeon and Lawyer

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Why Government Often Makes the Wrong Decisions with Jonathan Wolfson

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Joe Grogan & Eric Ueland on Social Media’s Reaction to Attempted Assassination on Trump + RNC Highlights

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What Biden's Debate Means for His Candidacy & a Historic UK Political Shakeup: Joe & Eric React

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Men Without Meaning: Brenda Hafera on the Crisis Facing Boys in America

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Jackson Hammond on the Exploding Costs of U.S. Health Care: Analyzing the 2023 CMS NHE Report

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Why California's Free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants Spells Trouble with Sally Pipes

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Lessons from the Covid Years with Dr. Kevin Bardosh