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The Dose

The Dose

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The Dose is a podcast to help you make sense of current issues in health care. Every other Friday, join Shanoor Seervai in conversation with leading health policy experts to break down complicated questions that shape the way Americans experience health care in their daily lives. Produced by the Commonwealth Fund, a foundation dedicated to health care for everyone.

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“All Hands On Deck”: The COVID-19 Pandemic Through Nurses’ Eyes

Published: March 12, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 17 seconds

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Violence, Interrupted: Breaking Cycles of Violence in the Hospital and on the Street

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 7 seconds

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“Not Just a Black Body”: How COVID-19 Hit Home for One Doctor

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 27 seconds

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COVID-19 is Making Us Lonelier: Is There a Way Out?

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 12 seconds

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The U.S. Is Missing Key Opportunities to End the COVID-19 Pandemic

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 9 seconds

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COVID on Campus: What It’s Like to Run a University in a Pandemic?

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 53 seconds

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Joe Biden’s Presidency Kicks Off With a ‘Once in a Century’ Health Crisis

Published: Dec. 4, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds

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“A Monumental Effort”: How Obamacare Was Passed (Rebroadcast)

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 55 seconds

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With Medicaid Expansion, More than “A Bus Pass and A Good Luck” for Formerly Incarcerated People

Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 21 seconds

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‘Not a Magic Wand’: The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 25 seconds

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Americans are Struggling with the Mental Health and Economic Impact of COVID-19

Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 14 seconds

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COVID-19 and Pre-Existing Conditions Are Voters’ Biggest Health Care Fears

Published: Oct. 2, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 16 seconds

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“We All Had the Same Warning," But Canada's COVID-19 Response Was Different

Published: Sept. 18, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 40 seconds

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Using Technology in Smarter Ways to Transform Health Care

Published: July 24, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 2 seconds

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Transgender Americans Just Lost Health Protections. Now What?

Published: July 10, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 25 seconds

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Why Are More Black Americans Dying of COVID-19?

Published: June 26, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 29 seconds

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We Need Primary Care More Than Ever to Fight COVID-19

Published: June 12, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 23 seconds

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How Community Health Workers Put Patients in Charge of Their Health

Published: May 29, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 40 seconds

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When Doctors Work with Lawyers to Improve Patients’ Health

Published: May 15, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 35 seconds

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How Germany’s Approach to COVID-19 Sets the Country Apart

Published: May 1, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 43 seconds

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How Has COVID-19 Changed Health Care for Older Americans?

Published: April 17, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 56 seconds

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COVID-19: What We Know, and What We Don't

Published: April 3, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 51 seconds

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'A Monumental Effort': How Obamacare Was Passed

Published: March 20, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 40 seconds

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Coronavirus Reveals Flaws in the U.S. Health System

Published: March 6, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 58 seconds

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‘Mom, I have HIV but don't worry about me’: How One City Is Trying to Eliminate HIV

Published: Feb. 28, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 17 seconds

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What Happens When Young People Can’t Access Reproductive Health Care?

Published: Feb. 14, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 31 seconds

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What’s Missing From the Debate About Controlling Drug Costs?

Published: Jan. 31, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 12 seconds

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“Not on Banker’s Hours”: How Primary Care Differs in the Netherlands and the U.S.

Published: Jan. 17, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 18 seconds

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Why Do Some Countries Do More C-Sections than Others?

Published: Jan. 3, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds

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Everything You Need to Know About Health Care in 2019

Published: Dec. 20, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 48 seconds

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How Medicaid Can Help Solve America’s Maternal Mortality Crisis

Published: Dec. 6, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes

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Health Care has a Bias Problem: Here's How to Fix It

Published: Nov. 15, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 22 seconds

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What We’re Talking About When We Talk About Medicare For All

Published: Nov. 1, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 46 seconds

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How Our Health Care System Treats Black Mothers Differently

Published: Oct. 18, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 35 seconds

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Medical Emergency? Philadelphia's Fire Department to the Rescue

Published: Oct. 4, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 19 seconds

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One Doctors Approach to Treating People with Sickle Cell Disease

Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 27 seconds

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What Happened When One State Made Having a Job a Requirement for Medicaid

Published: Sept. 6, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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The Truth About Waiting To See A Doctor In Canada (Rebroadcast)

Published: July 12, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 44 seconds

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Cuba: Where Primary Care Is All About Community

Published: June 28, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 49 seconds

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Two Ways to Make Medicines More Affordable to Women

Published: June 14, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 39 seconds

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How “Medicare for All” and Other Bills Would Change Health Care

Published: May 31, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 20 seconds

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How Union Workers Can Transform the Way Americans Get Care

Published: May 17, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 35 seconds

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How One Health Center Treats Patients as Partners

Published: May 3, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 13 seconds

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It’s Harder for Poor People to Get Health Care

Published: April 19, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 38 seconds

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Surprise! It’s a $164,000 Bill for Your Heart Attack

Published: April 5, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 2 seconds

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Health Care in America – How Doctors Can Make Life Easier for Patients

Published: March 22, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 23 seconds

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One Campaign to Stop Overuse of Medical Care

Published: March 8, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 51 seconds

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How Health and Social Care Organizations Work Together

Published: Feb. 22, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 37 seconds

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Living with a Disability in America

Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 48 seconds

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How the U.S. Fails Women When It Comes to Health

Published: Jan. 24, 2019, 7:24 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 24 seconds

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The Future of the Health Care Marketplaces

Published: Jan. 24, 2019, 7:14 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 34 seconds

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A Whirlwind Tour of the Major Health Care Events of 2018

Published: Dec. 21, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 41 seconds

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How the Individual Mandate Makes People More Free

Published: Dec. 14, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 48 seconds

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Health Care in America: What It Means To Be Sick

Published: Nov. 30, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 7 seconds

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What the U.S. Can Learn From Health Care Abroad

Published: Nov. 16, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 1 second

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The Truth About Waiting To See A Doctor In Canada

Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 22 seconds

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What Are All These Medical Bills For?

Published: Oct. 19, 2018, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 55 seconds

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Single Payer in New Zealand

Published: Sept. 26, 2018, 6:31 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 20 seconds

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A Menu of Medical Prices

Published: Sept. 26, 2018, 6:24 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 59 seconds

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A Prescription For Cooking Classes

Published: Sept. 26, 2018, 6:17 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 35 seconds

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What’s The Dose?

Published: Sept. 26, 2018, 4:46 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 9 seconds

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