Tradeoffs

New data suggest undocumented immigrants aren't being tested enough for COVID-19. What's standing in the way, and what's being done to address it?Guests: AnaMatt Notowidigdo, PhD, University of Chicago Poverty LabSamantha Artiga, Director, Disparities Policy Project, Kaiser Family FoundationDawn Mautner, MD, MS, Medical Director, Oregon State Medicaid; Senior Health Advisor, Oregon Health AuthorityMonica Juarez, MPH, Regional Outreach Coordinator, Oregon Health AuthoritySpecial thanks to medical anthropologist Whitney Duncan who provided translation services and whose research on immigrant health connected us with Ana.Learn more and read the episode transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/11/hard-to-reach/To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Early in the pandemic, California was conducting just 2,000 coronavirus tests a day. Now the state is up to 60,000. How did they ramp up testing so quickly?Guests: Bob Kocher, Partner, VenrockCharity Dean, Assistant Director of the California Department of Public HealthPaul Markovich, President of Blue Shield of CaliforniaFor more about California’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/09/california-dreamin/ To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new, more conservative Supreme Court is about to rule on its first major cases involving reproductive health and rights. We review the cases and their consequences.Guest: Mary Ziegler, JD, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor of Law, Florida State UniversityFor more about these two cases: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/04/without-precedent/To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the nation responds to the police killing of George Floyd, we explore the public health impacts of police violence and what a public health response could look like.Guest: Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, pediatrician and police violence researcherRead the transcript and learn more on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/02/police-violence/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With their business models upended by the coronavirus, hospitals are dusting off a decades-old idea: hospitalize patients in their own homes.Guests: Bruce Leff, MD, Director, The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Johns HopkinsTravis Messina, MBA, Cofounder and CEO, ContessaKavita Patel, MD, MPH, Nonresident Fellow, Brookings InstitutionRaphael Rakowski, Cofounder and CEO, Medically HomeDavid Zaas, MD, MBA, President, Duke Raleigh HopsitalFor more about hospital care at home: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/28/home-sweet-hospital/To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sites known as preprint servers post cutting-edge research in mere days. That speed has advantages during a health crisis, but it also comes with risks.Guest: Richard Sever, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory PressFor more about preprints visit: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/26/science-under-pressure/To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Requiring face masks in public during COVID-19 may be a good public health move but it may also be putting some people's health at risk.Guest: Dr. Gabriel Felix, Psychiatry Resident at Cambridge Health AllianceFor more of Gabriel’s story: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/21/masking-problems/To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some scientists argue we should intentionally infect volunteers with the coronavirus to get a vaccine sooner. How would it work?Guests:Lehua Gray, Challenge Trial VolunteerSeema Shah, JD, Associate Director of Research Ethics, Lurie Children’s HospitalZeb Jamrozik, MD, PhD, Monash Bioethics CentreAnna Durbin, MD, Professor of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthLearn more about human challenge trials and read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/19/challenge-trialsTo stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The cosponsor of Colorado’s recently withdrawn public option bill shares what it was like to go from being on the eve of major health reform to the brink of an economic and health care catastrophe.Guest:Kerry Donovan, State Senator, Colorado District 5For more information about Colorado's public option legislation: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/14/bill-interrupted/To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

America’s public health agencies are fighting the coronavirus with phones and faxes rather than the real-time data they desperately need.Guests:Janet Hamilton, Executive Director, Council of State and Territorial EpidemiologistsRichard Danila, Deputy Epidemiologist for the state of MinnesotaKatie O’Donnell, Larimer County Health DepartmentArien Malec, former federal health IT officialJulia Adler-Milstein, Professor of Medicine at UCSFFor more information about the state of the data driving testing, tracing and surveillance: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/12/what-the-faxTo stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.