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An Arm and a Leg

We’re back! Dealing with the cost of health care seems pretty relevant right now.

An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg

Society & Culture, Medicine, Health, Health & Fitness, Documentary

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

There's no time like a pandemic to (a) learn to fight back against the awful cost of health care. And (b) have a good time doing it. Yep. Let’s go.

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0:00.0

Hey there, my name is Dan Weisman. I'm a reporter, and for the last couple years, I've been making a show about the cost of health care called an arm and a leg.

0:09.0

I spent this spring making a special pop-up season about the cost of COVID-19. We learned about

0:14.7

testing. Oh my God that woman took my soul out of my head with that cute tip.

0:22.0

Yeah and then she sent a big fat bill.

0:24.0

And we learned a lot about how some people

0:26.0

survived the pandemic financially,

0:28.0

by fighting with insurance.

0:31.0

I just annoy the tar out of them,

0:32.0

and I'm at this point trying to do a full-time job, barely able to breathe, and I'm having to spend hours of my day on the phone with these chuckle bucks.

0:46.0

And we learned who was making bank.

0:48.0

I just got a spreadsheet showing that some labs are charging as much as $6,000 for a single test.

0:54.0

What?

0:55.0

To run a single person's COVID-19 test?

0:57.0

Yes.

0:58.0

There's a lab that wants six grand?

0:59.0

Yeah, that's crazy.

1:01.0

And one thing I learned for sure, all the stuff I've been learning over the last couple of years making this show, that stuff is more relevant than ever.

1:09.0

So we're coming back, starting August 6th.

1:13.6

Last year, I interviewed a woman I called a Medical Bill Ninja.

1:17.2

And as this year started, I was like,

1:19.6

I think we ought to build a dojo.

1:21.6

So yeah, we're doing that. I've been lining up teachers. I've got a

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