An Arm and a Leg
Hosted by Dan Weissmann · An Arm and a Leg
4.8from 1,216 ratings
- 171
- Episodes
- 54
- Transcribed
- 1,216
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 3K
- YouTube views
About An Arm and a Leg
An Arm and a Leg is a podcast about why health care costs so freaking much and what we can (maybe) do about it. If you’ve ever been surprised by a medical bill, you’re in good company. But as our team of seasoned journalists has learned from years of reporting — you’re not always helpless. We don’t have all the answers, but we’ll offer you tools and big picture insights with plenty of humor and heart. An Arm and a Leg is co-produced with KFF Health News (https://kffhealthnews.org/) and distributed in partnership with KUOW (https://www.kuow.org/). You can support An Arm and a Leg by donating at armandalegshow.com/support/ (https://armandalegshow.com/support/) Show Credits: Created, hosted, and produced by Dan Weissmann with senior producer Emily Pisacreta and engagement producer Claire Davenport, edited by Ellen Weiss. Audio wizard: Adam Raymonda. Music is by Dave Weiner and Blue Dot Sessions. Bea Bosco is our consulting director of operations. Lynne Johnson is our operations manager.
- Publisher
- An Arm and a Leg
- Category
- health & fitness · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 11 Oct 2018
- Latest episode
- 24 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
54 of 171 episodes have a transcript.
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Medicare is more broken than we thought
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
System meltdown: employer-sponsored health insurance
13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Texas doctor’s love letter to ‘the People’s Hospital’ (from 2023)
Inside a recent episode
Medicare is more broken than we thought
Published 24 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So expect Medicare Advantage to keep growing. And as Laura points out, getting more expensive. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission says we spend about 14% more for everyone who chooses Medicare Advantage over traditional Medicare. And that was really not the point of the Medicare Advantage program, right? It was supposed to use sort of private sector... processes to lower costs in Medicare. And it has not done that. In fact, insurance companies are under increasing scrutiny for overcharging the government for Medicare Advantage. The feds have been trying to impose new rules to cut down on those extra profits. […]
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- Bob Herman
- Ricardo Nuila
- Julie Rovner
- Teressa
- Duaa Eldeib
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 2,633
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,113 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 103 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- Quality
- 74
- Social presence
- 90
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 98
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