First: an update on our recent two-parter with the writer John Green, about the global, decades-long fight to make an important tuberculosis drug more widely available.
Just two days after we posted part 2, the activists waging that battle scored a major victory. John Green was kvelling on YouTube, of course. We’ll get you up to speed.
And for the meat of this episode, we’ve got a guest a lot of you have been asking for: Physician/comedian Will Flanary, AKA Dr. Glaucomflecken.
His punchy videos satirizing the absurdities and cruel complexities of the American health care system have been a fan favorite for years among An Arm and a Leg listeners (and us too).
We’re sharing a delightful and moving conversation with Dr. G and his wife, educator Kristin Flanary (AKA @LadyGlaucomflecken online), from our pals at The Nocturnists, a podcast about the experiences of health care workers.
As the Glaucomfleckens tell Nocturnists host Dr. Emily Silverman, the inspiration behind Flanary’s most biting videos. came from the couple’s experience dealing with health insurance after he suffered a near-fatal heart attack.
Check out the Nocturnists here or wherever you get your podcasts, and Dr. Glaucomflecken’s videos on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Sick Note, pt. 2: Dang
Sick Note: Dan has COVID. (He's fine, but ...)
Fighting for the Right to Help
Swimming with sharks
Introducing: Half Vaxxed
Introducing: Last Day
Meet your new rights under the No Surprises Act
2022 update: How to avoid a big bill for your COVID test (feat. Sarah Kliff)
Our Year in Review, with members of the Arm and a Leg team
Why rapid COVID tests are so freaking expensive
Fighting with health insurance is easy (for Jacqueline Fox)
How to avoid the crappiest health insurance.
The Insurance Warrior takes on a $61B Company
Meet the Insurance Warrior
We spend 12 million hours a week on the phone with health insurance
Wait, that was legal until now?!?
"We just kept right on pushing"
The wild backstory of a tiny but crucial Obamacare provision (ft. David Axelrod)
A legendary lawyer sued hospitals for price-gouging their patients. And got his butt handed to him.
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