Press Play with Madeleine Brand
A prescription for improving U.S. healthcare
Will Congress repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act? Will it collapse, as President Trump warns? Dr. Zeke Emanuel says that what’s happening in Washington is just a sideshow. What really matters is that healthcare in America is still too expensive and doesn’t work well enough.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readWill Congress repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act? Will it collapse, as President Trump warns? Dr. Zeke Emanuel says that what’s happening in Washington is just a sideshow. What really matters is that healthcare in America is still too expensive and doesn’t work well enough. Emanuel was an adviser to President Obama in the creation of the Affordable Care Act. He’s written a new book with ideas on how to fix healthcare.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Ezekiel Emanuel
Vice provost for global initiatives,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; co-director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute.
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- 17:49When it comes to electric cars, what does China have that the U.S. doesn't?
- 26:45A prescription for improving U.S. healthcareYou’re reading this
- 41:16Hella fresh, The 405: How to speak like a real Californian