A high-ranking insurance company executive has a crisis of conscience when he visits a "health exposition" at a fairground in rural Tennessee, where he is shocked to see hundreds of people lined up in the rain to obtain free healthcare in animal stalls at the fairground. Wendell Potter left his job and wrote a book, “Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans,” which revealed the deceptive practices of major insurance companies to spread disinformation designed to increase their profits. This week, Wendell is launching a coalition of non-profits to advocate for meaningful healthcare finance reform designed to help Americans gain truly affordable coverage. Learn more at wendellpotter.com and centerforhealthanddemocracy.org.

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As a reaction to the less personal world of modern medicine, concierge medicine is an increasingly popular way that doctors are getting in touch with their patients. Michael Tetreault is an expert on this. He is also an author, speaker, and brand strategist, editor in chief of Concierge Medicine Today, co-authored the bestselling book The Doctors Guide to Concierge Medicine. His books are industry bestsellers and are referenced in college classrooms and journals. In this episode we discuss what concierge medicine is, how it can improve patient experience, and even how it improves a physician's enjoyment of their career.

The Take-Away: Making medicine more personal and intimate for a patient has so many benefits to everyone involved, and can improve everyone’s experience of the industry.

Learn more: The Concierge Medicine Forum is a pharmacy conference happening October 21-23 in Atlanta to host speakers discussing new ideas in concierge medicine. You can check out Concierge Medicine’s books and any information concerning Concierge Medicine at https://conciergemedicinetoday.org

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Just in time for the new school year, Dr. Sharon Nachman shares the important information that parents need to know about keeping our children safe from COVID-19. As Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, Dr. Nachman has been at the forefront of coronavirus care since the beginning of the pandemic. As Associate Dean for Research at Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine, she has been an investigator on eight clinical research studies related to COVID-19.

In this episode, we discussed the Delta+ variant, vaccines for children under 12, and more.

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