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How Drug Addiction and Homelessness Connect: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 2
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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While San Francisco is on track to break records for the highest number of fatal overdoses in one year, health experts say the city is failing when...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
The Origins of Rampant Opioid Addiction: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 1
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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San Francisco is experiencing its worst rate of drug-related fatalities ever, and as city officials impose increasingly punitive measures against p...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
After a series of suicides, the USS George Washington returns to sea with more mental healthcare
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The USS George Washington is returning to sea after a six-year maintenance cycle when it remained in the shipyard in Norfolk, Va., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
The deaths among Washington crewmembers occurred during a six-year period when the carrier remained in the shipyard for maintenance.

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 6
The 12 Million People Lost in a Maze of Medicare and Medicaid
From: Tradeoffs
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Many of America’s poorest and sickest patients are stuck navigating two separate insurance programs — Medicare and Medicaid — to get the care they ...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 24:12
  • Purchases: 1
A new lawsuit says the military still isn't complying with the federal gun background check law
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Navy corpsman Devon Rideout (left) poses with her mother, Leslie Woods, in Vacaville, California. Rideout was murdered in 2018. Her killer is a former Marine who had been found not mentally competent during a court-martial proceeding two years before the , Credit: Courtesy Leslie Woods
The family of a woman murdered by a former Marine is taking the government to court. They say the killer - who was forced out of the military for m...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 6
When Research and the Realities of Practicing Medicine Collide
From: Tradeoffs
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This summer, our research reporter Soleil Shah added a new role to his resume: first-year medical resident. Now he spends his days alternating betw...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 17:02
3M has agreed to pay $6 billion over faulty earplugs. Now, plaintiffs must decide whether to accept.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 3M's dual-ended "Combat Arms" earplugs were issued to troops from 2003 to 2015. They were designed to let conversation, commands, and other normal sounds through, but blunt the force of loud noises like gunfire., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
About a quarter million troops and veterans have signed on as plaintiffs in litigation claiming the "Combat Arms" earplugs - manufactured by a 3M s...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 7
Progress and Pain Points in National Crisis Line's First Year
From: Tradeoffs
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It’s been one year since 988 — the country’s new mental health crisis line — went live with hopes of transforming crisis services in America. So fa...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 24:53
The VA is facing a growing number of claims as a key PACT Act deadline approaches
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Volunteer Veteran Service Officers Hugh Reid (right) and Eric Isaksen help a veteran file a disability claim at American Legion Post 327 in Norfolk, Virginia., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
The law passed last year makes millions of veterans eligible for new benefits, including post 9/11 vets who were exposed to burn pits.

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:52
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'No Place Else To Go': Inside a Former Abortion Clinic
From: Tradeoffs
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One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 15 states have effectively banned abortion. Dozens of clinics in those states have shut th...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 15:52
The military wants to contract with more small businesses, but the process can be overwhelming
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Craig Brooks looks through a microscope for fractures on a metal part fastened to a hydraulic press in his company's shop in St. Louis. Brooks is the president of AP/ES Inc., which develops ways to determine how long aircraft fleets will last., Credit: Eric Schmid / St. Louis Public Radio
Smaller companies can offer unique solutions to problems the military faces, but they can struggle to break into a defense industry that can be fru...

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  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 03:55
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Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Pt. 1
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

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  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 18:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Pentagon has begun implementing a law to reduce suicides, 18 months after Congress passed it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr. signs a policy to implement the Brandon Act on May 5. Attending the signing were Patrick and Teri Caserta, the parents of Brandon Caserta, a Navy sailor who died by suicide, Credit: Jack Sanders / U.S. Air Force
The Pentagon has put in place "The Brandon Act" - named after a Navy sailor who died by suicide in 2018. It allows service members to go outside th...

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  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
The Wonky Policy That’s Got Hospitals on High Alert
From: Tradeoffs
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Medicare could soon pay hospitals much less for common outpatient services like x-rays and checkups. This week, we explain an old policy gathering...

  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 17:51
The Drugs Changing How We Treat Obesity
From: Tradeoffs
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A new class of drugs can help people lose up to one-fifth of their body weight and manage serious health conditions associated with obesity. But th...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:32
The Latest Threat to the Affordable Care Act
From: Tradeoffs
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The Affordable Care Act faces yet another in a long string of legal challenges. Last Thursday's ruling, by a conservative federal judge who has tar...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 14:07
The Treacherous Transition Awaiting Millions Losing Their Medicaid
From: Tradeoffs
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We dig into three research papers to make sense of what will happen to 15 million people set to lose their Medicaid over the next year.

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 16:55
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When Home Becomes a Hospital
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Gabriel Kibuyu (right) receives hospital-at-home care from UMass Memorial Medical Center nurse Danae Stand (center) and Dr. Constantinos Michaelidis (left on tablet) on March 6, 2023., Credit: Photo by Lisa Abitbol for Tradeoffs.
The pandemic pushed Medicare to start paying for “hospital-at-home” care for the first time, launching the largest test ever of home-based hospital...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 24:21
The Conservative Clash Over Abortion Bans
From: Tradeoffs
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Less than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some states are rethinking their abortion bans. This week, reporter Alice Miranda...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 19:26
SCOTUS Weighs Medicaid Recipients Right to Sue
From: Tradeoffs
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Later this year the Supreme Court is set to decide whether to close a legal pathway that Medicaid recipients have used for more than 50 years. This...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 11:27
The Push to Bring Medicaid Behind Bars
From: Tradeoffs
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People leaving jail and prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death. This week, why policymakers from deep blue California to so...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 26:10
Medicare Director Meena Seshamani on CMS' New Drug Pricing Powers
From: Tradeoffs
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Medicare’s historic plan to slow prescription drug spending is taking shape. Last Thursday federal health officials began detailing how one of two ...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 13:51
States’ Uphill Battle to Stop Runaway Health Care Costs
From: Tradeoffs
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One year of health insurance premiums for a family of four now costs as much as a car. Nine states are trying to lower those costs in an aggressive...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2023
  • Length: 17:45
The End of Humira’s $200 Billion Drug Monopoly
From: Tradeoffs
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After 20 years, Humira – the best selling drug of all time – is finally facing direct competition. Typically, once generic drugs arrive on a market...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 18:07
Policymakers say addressing extremism among veterans is a 'delicate' challenge
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: According to the George Washington University Program on Extremism, more than a hundred veterans were criminally charged in connection with the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol., Credit: Brett Davis / Flickr
While still a small percentage of the total veteran population, the number of veterans committing extremist violence has risen sharply, according t...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 5