Episodes

7 days ago
Speaking to the Needs of the People
7 days ago
7 days ago
This is episode 120, “Speaking to the Needs of the People.”
In this episode, I play an excerpt from an interview with Blake Zeff. He helped in both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns and is an expert in policy and strategic communications.
In the interview, Zeff explains that issues of health care helped the Democrats win the 2020 election, and then the Democrats rarely talked about health care and did almost nothing to address the problems with our healthcare system once elected.
Do not miss this episode as Blake Zeff discusses Democrats' failure to address health care.

Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Ending Medical Debt
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
This is episode 119, “Ending Medical Debt.”
Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why removing medical debt from credit reports is not an effective way to deal with medical debt and how we can end medical debt.

Sunday Dec 15, 2024
The Murders not Being Discussed in the Health Care Debate
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
This is episode 118, “The Murders not Being Discussed in the Health Care Debate.”
Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why the 76,000 unnecessary deaths of our current healthcare system could be considered murders.

Friday Nov 15, 2024
Will Health Care Get Even Worse in the United States?
Friday Nov 15, 2024
Friday Nov 15, 2024
This is episode 117, “Will Health Care Get Even Worse in the United States?”
Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why health care is likely to become more expensive under Donald Trump.

Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
The Curse of Medical Debt
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
This is episode 116, “The Curse of Medical Debt.”
Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why medical debt is much larger problem than most people think.
Here is the report I referenced in this podcast: 100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt
Here are links to episodes 8 and 9 that I referenced in this podcast:
The Economics of Health Care, Part 1: The Problem – Our Current Health Care System Is Unaffordable
The Economics of Health Care, Part 2: The Solution – Medicare for All

Sunday Sep 15, 2024
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Electronic Health Records
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
This is episode 115, "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Electronic Health Records."
Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks discusses some of the advantages and disadvantages of electronic health records and why we often depend on faxes to transfer health data.

Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Amazed by Free Health Care and Why We Need Medicare for All
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
This is episode 114, “Amazed by Free Health Care and Why We Need Medicare for All.”
Olympian Ariana Ramsey decided to try out the free health care at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. She was “amazed” and said that “America needs to do better with their healthcare system.”
Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains how the United States can do better with their healthcare system and how to make free health care normal so the amazement can end for everyone.
Here is the link to Ariana Ramsey’s TikTok video on being amazed by free health care: https://www.tiktok.com/@ariana.ramsey/video/7399645817944001838

Monday Jul 15, 2024
The Missing Criteria for Health Insurance Companies
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
This is episode 113, “The Missing Criteria for Health Insurance Companies.”
Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains that health insurance companies are concerned with profits and are using AI to increase profits by denying care. Instead, insurance companies should be evaluated on how well they cover costs for treatment.
Here are the articles referenced in this podcast.
- As UnitedHealth and Cigna are Sued for AI-Based Claims Denials, Documents Suggest Major AI Expansion
- Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need
Here is Wendell Potter’s news site referenced in this podcast, HEALTH CARE un-covered. I highly recommend it. Please consider subscribing to this news site.

Saturday Jun 15, 2024
The Harm Caused by Medicare Advantage
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
This is episode 112, “The Harm Caused by Medicare Advantage.”
Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks discusses a report by Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) that documents the harmful effects of Medicare Advantage.
Here is a link to the report: Taking Advantage: How Corporate Health Insurers Harm America’s Seniors.

Wednesday May 15, 2024
We Don't Need Medicare Advantage
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Wednesday May 15, 2024
This is episode 111, “We Don’t Need Medicare Advantage.”
Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why Medicare Advantage is not needed and is detrimental to Medicare.
Here is the MedPac report that I used as a source: Medicare Payment Policy. (See page XXV and pages 373-374.)