The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso

HHS's Failure to Decarbonize the US Healthcare Industry (350th Podcast)

In January 2021 the White House opened an unprecedented policy window effectively permitting HHS to decarbonize healthcare. HHS promptly closed the…

Jun 29 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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HHS's Failure to Decarbonize the Healthcare Industry (350th Podcast)

In January 2021 the White House opened an unprecedented policy window that effectively provided HHS an opportunity decarbonize healthcare. HHS promptly…

Jun 29 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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Ms. Jessica Forden Discusses Dr. Teresa Ghilarducci's Recently-Published Book, "Work, Retire, Repeat, The Uncertainty of Retirement in the…

The US remains without a coherent retirement policy. Half of all families have no retirement savings, SSI is inadequate and working longer is not a…

Jun 6 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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May 2026

Tufts Professor William Masters Discusses Food Affordability and Food Production Stability in the Age of Climate Denial

Ongoing food price inflation, SNAP cuts, increasing food insecurity, fertilizer shortages, persistent drought and extreme heat, etc, compromise the…

May 12 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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Mr. Robert Andrews Discusses Self-Insured Employer Health Plan Efforts to Address Healthcare Affordability

NJ-based Health Transformation Alliance, a member-owned cooperative, collectively bargains to improve price transparency and prevention, manage drug…

May 7 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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April 2026

Mike Meno Discusses the Recently-Introduced Senate "Stop Climate Shakedowns Act"

Republicans continue their march to exempt fossil fuel companies from legal liability for their outsized climate crisis role.

Apr 30 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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Dr. Adam Cunningham Discusses Medical Tourism

Medical travel is a market consequence of US healthcare policy failure and international prices can be or will accelerate commercial and political…

Apr 7 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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March 2026

Georgetown's Professor Katie Keith Unpacks HHS's Recent Proposed Affordable Care Act Rule

If finalized, the much anticipated & ambitious proposed 2027 ACA rule will constitute a major shift in ACA policy in part by reintroducing catastrophic…

Mar 7 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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Professor Shannon Mussett Discusses Entropic Philosophy's Relevance to Our Health and Health Care

"Working through entropics," Prof Musset states, "opens up a possible future of care and reverence for finite life."

Mar 3 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

40:54

February 2026

Attorney Alissa Smith Discusses Delivering Healthcare in the Face of (ICE) Immigration Enforcement

What do healthcare providers need to know and do since that they are caught between their duty to provide care and possibly obstructing federal…

Feb 21 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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January 2026

Resources for the Future Senior Fellow (and Former EPA Official) Dr. Bryan Hubbell Discusses the EPA's Assault on Clean Air

Dr. Hubbell discusses moreover EPA efforts to formally rescind the EPA's '09 Endangerment Finding and its most recent announcement to ignore human…

Jan 27 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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Prof. John Abraham Discusses the Ongoing and Outrageous Rise in Ocean Heat Content

The unabated rise in ocean temperatures is the primary cause for the ever-increasing number and severity of catastrophic climate-related disasters.

Jan 13 • David Introcaso, Ph.D.

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