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show first aired March 11, 2010
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It’s finally happened. The health insurance reform debate has gone on for so long that those irrational shouts about death panels are now known as the good old days! But both sides in the debate seem to realize that the end is near. On this week’s Health Show we’ll open up our reform school again and see where the process stands. Then we’ll hear about a new movement in alternative pain control...community acupuncture centers that helps make drug free pain control affordable. And our friend Sandy D will let us eavesdrop on an argument she’s having with her inner fat girl.
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HEALTH REFORM SCHOOL - 4
It’s been two months since we last opened the doors to The Health Show’s Reform School and things have really changed...again. Last time we were talking about a conference committee. This time the key phrase is budget reconciliation. Joining us once again to go over what is turning out to be one seriously messy sausage making enterprise is Timothy Hoff, a professor of health policy and management at the University at Albany School of Public Health in Albany, New York. Tim is also the author of the book Practice Under Pressure - Primary Care Physicians And Their Medicine in the Twenty First Century.
Community Acupuncture
The World Health Organization estimates that 20 percent of people worldwide have some form of chronic pain. The American Chronic Pain Association’s web site estimates that chronic pain costs the US economy nearly 300 billion dollars a year. Acupuncture is a common destination for those with chronic pain. But sessions can be expensive...sometimes around 80 dollars a pop. A new movement called Community Acupuncture is aimed at making the treatment more affordable. Rachel Dornhelm visited an Oakland clinic that’s offering these treatments.
Sandy D - It's Weight, Not Fate
Getting to an ideal weight required a lot of hard work and self control. Staying at an ideal weight? Our friend Sandy Daigler says it requires all that and ignoring her inner fat girl. Sandy Daigler is a writer and architect living in Troy, New York. Now that she’s running again her inner fat girl can’t keep up.
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