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649 Health Care and Medicare Update

Michael Moore’s movie Sicko made a big splash in the theaters this summer. But how much did he exaggerate the problem of getting access to health care? We discuss the issues of access for ordinary people in three countries: the United States, France and Canada.

Our guest, Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, is a leading expert on Medicare. Find out how well this government-run health care program works and how it is about to change.

Guest: Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, is associate professor of social medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches health policy in the School of Medicine and the Department of Political Science.  He is the author of The Political Life of Medicare.

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About the Author
Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist who has dedicated his career to making drug information understandable to consumers. His best-selling book, The People’s Pharmacy, was published in 1976 and led to a syndicated newspaper column, syndicated public radio show and web site. In 2006, Long Island University awarded him an honorary doctorate as “one of the country's leading drug experts for the consumer.”.
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