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Forced Apart: The 'Delicate and Crazy Dance' of American Health Care

Forced Apart: The 'Delicate and Crazy Dance' of American Health Care

FromUs & Them


Forced Apart: The 'Delicate and Crazy Dance' of American Health Care

FromUs & Them

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Aug 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The coronavirus confronts every aspect of our society - with our health care systems front and center in the crosshairs. When hospitals canceled nonessential medical procedures at the beginning of the pandemic, it created an economic free fall.  U.S. hospitals have lost $200 billion dollars and laid off nearly a million workers. Urban hospitals and clinics have faced a run on equipment and supplies. While rural facilities have seen fewer COVID-19 cases, they took the same hit to their income and revenue.  Now the question may be - just how healthy is our health care system and which institutions will survive to help redefine the future of medicine?
Released:
Aug 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

We tell stories from the fault lines that separate Americans. Peabody Award-winning public radio producer Trey Kay listens to people on both sides of the divide.