(2015/03/31) A cascade of embarrassments (Health Care)

Edition #910

Today we take a look at how our current health care system is pathetic compared to the Single Payer alternative and how conservatives are trying to dismantle the small amount of recent progress that’s been made

 

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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: The perverse inequity of our current health care system - Economic Update w/ @profwolff - Air Date: 10-5-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Remains - The Dark Leaves

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Ch. 4: Act 2: Our F*cked Up Medical System May Leave This Family Bankrupt - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 11-23-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: My Favourite Game - Gran Turismo

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Ch. 6: Act 3: Europeans Are Confused by Medical Bankruptcy Story - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 11-15-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Was wollen wir trinken - Ungeschieden, Ungekämmt, Ungehört (Live)

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Ch. 8: Act 4: Why we pay far more for our medical care - Economic Update w/ @profwolff - Air Date: 10-19-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Work - Uprising (Remastered)

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Ch. 10: Act 5: The six words behind the case against Obamacare - @DecodeDC - Air Date: 3-12-15

Ch. 11: Song 5: Teddybear's Picnic - De Rock 'n Roll Methode 4

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Ch. 12: Act 6: Anti-Obamacare Plaintiffs Show Stunning Ignorance - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-12-15

Ch. 13: Song 6: American Way - Essential Masters

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Ch. 14: Act 7: The reasons Vermont is abandoning Single Payer health care - Economic Update w/ @profwolff - Air Date: 12-22-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: South Side - Go - The Very Best of Moby

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Ch. 16: Act 8: The REAL Conservative Agenda: Privatize Health Care - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 02-05-15

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Voicemails

Ch. 17: Thoughts on how to form consensus solutions - Matt from California

Ch. 18: Questioning labels is an important discussion - Adrian from Albuquerque, NM

Ch. 19: Thoughts on political labels - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

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Ch. 20: Final comments on the labels we give ourselves

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

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Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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