Show 993: Obamacare Successes and Failures

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2015

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Americans frequently boast that we have the best health care in the world. While that may be debated in some quarters, no one doubts that our health care system is the most expensive. What makes American health care so pricey, and is there anything that could be done about it? Evaluating Obamacare One approach that […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.3	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.8	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.2	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:30.5	After five years, Obamacare remains extremely controversial and divisive.
0:35.9	Today we get two different perspectives on its strengths and
0:38.9	weaknesses. This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:50.2	Journalist Stephen Brill tells us what he learned from his $190,000 open heart surgery.
0:56.3	He also pulls back the curtain on money, politics, backroom deals, and the fight to fix our broken health care system.
1:04.6	Dr. Jonathan Oberlander is an expert on the political life of Medicare.
1:08.7	Is this health care program in danger?
1:11.0	Can it be sustained for future generations? Coming up on the political life of Medicare. Is this health care program in danger? Can it be sustained for future generations?
1:14.2	Coming up on the Peebles Pharmacy,
1:16.3	the pros and cons of the Affordable Care Act,
1:18.8	and what else can be done to get the American health care system back on track?
1:25.1	First, this news.
1:30.1	In the People's pharmacy health headlines, the Mediterranean diet has been shown to stave off
1:36.1	stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and premature death.
1:40.1	Now a further follow-up of participants in Spain's Preddyed trial suggests that a Mediterranean diet can also help keep the brain healthy.
1:48.7	In the study, people at high risk of cardiovascular disease were randomly assigned to follow a Mediterranean diet with additional extra virgin olive oil,
1:58.4	a Mediterranean diet with extra almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts, or a prudent low-fat diet.
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