An Arm and a Leg
An Arm and a Leg
Dan Weissmann reporting on the actual bills patients receive, tracking down who decided the charges and why.
Why we picked this
We picked An Arm and a Leg because it treats American health care not as an abstract policy crisis, but as a Kafkaesque billing machine with real human costs. The show follows the financial mechanics of medical bills with investigative rigor and a sharp, dry sense of humor. Instead of throwing up its hands at the dysfunctional market, it equips listeners with practical tactics to push back against insurance companies and hospital bureaucracy. The result is an empowering, deeply reported guide to surviving a system designed to exploit you.
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