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We have SO much work ahead, and we can’t do it without you.

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Our listeners have been teaming up on an incredible project – kicked off earlier this year by a med student named Thomas Sanford.

The idea: create a list of reliable resources to help with medical expenses and avoid debt, and circulate it where people might find it useful, like hospital waiting rooms.

In this episode, we hear how that project is ready to level up – and how you can bring it to people in your community.

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Hey, first! If you value what we do, this is the best-ever time to support our work.

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We’re back for another look at things that – believe it or not – did NOT suck in 2025.

Specifically: new state laws from around the country aimed at protecting people from things like medical debt, insurance delays and denials, and corporate profiteering.

In this episode, we dive into two examples from opposite sides of the country to look at how laws like these get made – and in some cases, defended.

In Maine, lawmakers unanimously voted to remove medical debts from people’s credit reports. While a nationwide court ruling raises questions about the new law’s future, we’ll hear why consumer rights attorney Chi Chi Wu remains optimistic.

And in Oregon, a law aims to prevent big corporations and private equity firms from taking over medical clinics and strip-mining them for profits.

Plus, a good-news update from our team at An Arm and a Leg.

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Hey, first! If you value what we do, this is the best-ever time to support our work: This month, every donation gets matched two-for-one.

We have SO much work ahead in 2026. Donate here — and get your money matched two-for-one.

It’s probably fair to say: this is the worst year ever for picking health insurance. Premiums are skyrocketing – whether you get insurance through work or from the Obamacare marketplace.

And with enhanced subsidies almost definitely expiring, millions of people with Obamacare plans are grappling with drastic changes to their household budgets.

We’re our own case study: You’ll hear us sorting through our own options. None of them are pretty, but because we know how to read the fine print, we figured out: Some are way, way less awful than others.

And to help you do the same: We’ve boiled down our fine-print-reading expertise in this starter pack on how to pick insurance.

Also in this episode: we talk with a listener who wonders: is paying for health insurance even worth it at this point? (Her ultimate answer: Yes, but argh.)

Read Julie Appleby’s reporting for KFF Health News about what could happen if Congress changes course and extends the subsidies.

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