Season 2

July 30, 2024

Ep 26 Advocate Toolkit, Hospital Edition

Date: 7/30/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 26 Advocate Toolkit, Hospital Edition Episode summary: It's so incredibly complicated to be a patient today, as I recently observed when I hung out at the b...

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July 23, 2024

Ep 25 The Disadvantage of Medicare Advantage

Date: 7/22/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 25 The Disadvantage of Medicare Advantage, Part 2 Episode summary: Part 2 discussing why Medicare Advantage plans are an actual DISadvantage for you and for...

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July 16, 2024

Ep 24 The Disadvantage of Medicare Advantage, Part 1

Date: 6/16/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 24 The Disadvantage of Medicare Advantage, Part 1 Episode summary: Wow, I knew Medicare was complicated but didn't realize just how complicated. I've spent ...

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June 18, 2024

Ep 23 In Doctors We Trust

Date: 6/18/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 23 In Doctors We Trust Episode summary: What is trust as it relates to the doctor-patient relationship? How is it fostered when the very healthcare system i...

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June 4, 2024

Ep 21 How We Learn to Be a Patient, Part 2

Date: 4/64/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 21 How We Learn to Be a Patient, Part 2 Episode summary: Continuing from the end of last season, Ep 12, where I talked with my own daughter about her experi...

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May 28, 2024

Ep 20 Short Stories on Being a Patient

Date: 5/28/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 20 Short Stories on Being a Patient Episode summary: I have this never-ending quest to help doctors and patients understand each other better. This collecti...

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May 21, 2024

Ep 19 US Drug Costs are Insane, Part 2

Date: 5/21/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 19 US Drug Costs Are Insane, Part 2 Episode summary: Part 2 follows the last episode, where I reviewed how we got to where we are with insane drug costs in ...

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May 7, 2024

Ep 18. US Drug Costs are Insane, Part 1

Date: 5/07/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 18 US Drug Costs Are Insane, Part 1 Episode summary: Wow, drug costs in the US have skyrocket in recent years. The popularity of Ozempic and other weight lo...

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April 30, 2024

Ep 17. Big Hospital Breakup

Date: 4/30/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 17 Big Hospital Break Up Episode summary: I’m breaking up with my hospital. I live in Chicago, with its plethora of academic medical centers. I’ve long beli...

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April 23, 2024

Ep 16. Race and Healthcare: Teaching Med Students

Date: 4/23/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 16 Race and Healthcare: Teaching Med Students Episode summary: Episode 3 of 3 of a miniseries on racial disparities in healthcare. We've heard from Linda Vi...

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April 16, 2024

One Man's Experience

Date: 4/16/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 15 One Man's Experince Episode summary: Last week we heard from Linda Villarosa on the impact slavery still has on our modern healthcare system and how it l...

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April 9, 2024

Episode 14 - Slavery and Modern Healthcare

Date: 4/9/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 14 Slavery and Modern Healthcare Episode summary: Many of the health inequities that we see in healthcare today stem from beliefs held in the time of slavery...

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April 2, 2024

Ep 13 Claim Craziness Pt 1

Have you ever spent hours, days or weeks trying to get money back from a health insurance claim? If you have, this episode will let you know that you're not alone. If you haven't, this will give you some insight into the proc...

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March 26, 2024

Episode 12 Bosom Buddies

Date: 3/25/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 12 Bosom Buddies Episode summary: Today's episode is a fly-on-the-wall perspective for you of how friends talk about cancer. A couple of my friends and I al...

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March 21, 2024

Season 2 Trailer

Season 2 is coming soon! During this break I’ve been spending more and more time on the healthcare of my friends and family lately. I continue to act as a doctor friend to whomever needs it, helping guide people through the h...

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