The Dose is the Commonwealth Fund’s podcast that presents fresh ideas, new perspectives, and compelling conversations about where health care is headed. Join host Joel Bervell this season for conversations with leading and emerging experts in health care and health policy. Get the Dose in your inbox: https://thedose.show/signup
111 episodes transcribedPrescription medicines have become so expensive in the United States that we've reached a point where four in five Americans think drug prices are unr...
Primary care is the bedrock of a health care system that works. For most people, seeing a doctor regularly can help prevent small medical concerns fro...
A cesarean section can be a life-saving procedure for a woman with a complicated pregnancy – but in some countries, too many women deliver by c-sectio...
Health care was front and center for the American public in 2019 – and with good reason. It’s one of the top issues voters are worried about going int...
The number of women who die in the U.S. because of complications related to pregnancy is shockingly high – nearly 30 deaths for every 100,000 births e...
Bias in medicine –based on race and sex – is a well-documented problem. It’s a problem because the health care system has historically marginalized th...
Many Americans are worried about how they will afford care if they get really sick, and policymakers are responding to this concern with a whole range...
African American women die of pregnancy-related causes at three times the rate for white women, even after accounting for income, education, and acces...
Each day, Philadelphia’s fire department responds to nearly a thousand emergencies, whether it’s saving someone from opioid overdose or helping a pers...
Sickle cell disease is a life-threatening blood disorder that affects around 100,000 Americans, mostly African Americans. In addition to coping with t...
Many poor Americans get health coverage through Medicaid. Last year, with encouragement from the Trump administration, some states decided to try and...
