- 117
- Episodes
- 105
- Transcribed
- 247
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Health Wanted
Health Wanted brings you each week’s need-to-know public health headlines and breaks down the science behind trending topics. Host Laurel Bristow, MSc, draws on her experience as an infectious disease researcher and epidemiologist to cover everything from Ozempic to the ozone, interviewing experts and answering your questions, all in pursuit of better health. A collaboration between WABE and the Emory Rollins School of Public Health. --- This public health show is intended solely for general information purposes, and is not intended to provide medical advice, to be used in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or other conditions. The information in the show should not be relied upon in a manner that would either delay medical treatment or result in unnecessary medical treatment. Always consult a physician or health care provider with your health or treatment concerns.
- Publisher
- WABE
- Category
- health & fitness · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Jul 2024
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
105 of 117 episodes have a transcript.
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Prescription Drug Costs
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And some of them are in the process of being implemented or have been implemented. So, for example, maybe several years ago, the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, which allowed for the negotiation of drug prices in Medicare Parts D and then in years to come in Parts B as well. And that's been a very important innovation, allowing for the first time the U.S. government to directly negotiate with drug companies and obtain lower prices. And that's ongoing. The first year of those negotiated prices was rolled out at the beginning of this year and beginning of next year. There'll be an additional 15 drugs that have been had negotiated prices. […]
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- Kevin Brown
- Pieter Cohen
- Toby Goldsmith
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 179 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 68 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100
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- Quality
- 45
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 91
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