Why Insured Americans Still Need Charity Clinics

About this episode

The episode discusses why insured Americans still rely on charity clinics and the barriers to healthcare reform.

This time on Code WACK! Why are people in America resorting to receiving medical care in animal stalls - even if they have health insurance? What would it take to make volunteer stopgap clinics unnecessary - and who stands in the way of real reform? To break it down, we spoke with leading healthcare reform advocate and New York Times bestselling author Wendell Potter . A former health insurance executive turned industry whistleblower, Wendell now serves as board president of the Center for Health and Democracy , which advocates for healthcare reform, and editor-in-chief of HEALTHCARE Un-covered , which investigates healthcare corporations and insurance conglomerates. This is part two of a two-part series. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

People in this episode

Guest: Wendell Potter

Topics covered

• healthcare reform
• charity clinics
• insurance
• medical care

Keywords

• volunteer clinics
• health insurance
• reform

Mentioned in this episode

Products: HEALTHCARE Un-covered

Books & works: the Transcript and Show Notes

Places: America

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