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The overdose crisis in the U.S. is as deadly as it’s ever been. In response, the Biden administration is embracing a controversial strategy known as harm reduction, which seeks to keep drug users safe even as they continue using. We explore how harm reduction has become more mainstream and what kind of impact we can expect it to have on the overdose crisis.
Guests:
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, Associate Dean for Social Justice; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Keith Humphreys, PhD, Esther Ting Memorial Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services, Stanford University
Beau Kilmer, PhD, Director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center
Kimberly Sue, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Maia Szalavitz, Journalist and Author, Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction
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We explore the impacts of charging Medicaid enrollees premiums and how phasing out premiums may affect Montana's Medicaid expansion program.
Guests:
Katharine Bradley, Principal Researcher, Mathematica
Heather O'Loughlin, Co-Director, Montana Budget & Policy Center
Ed Buttrey, State Representative, Montana
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Independent abortion funds have been flooded with donations since Roe v. Wade was overturned. How do these funds work and what role will they play in a post-Roe world?
Guests:
Brittany Mostiller, Leadership Development Coordinator, National Network of Abortion Funds
Gretchen Ely, PhD, MSW, Director of PhD Program, University of Tennessee College of Social Work
Kim Floren, Director, Justice Through Empowerment Network
Erin Smith, Executive Director, Kentucky Justice Health Network
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To mark the launch date of 988, America's new mental health crisis line, we're sharing a segment from The Takeaway, a public radio show and podcast produced by WNYC Studios and PRX, featuring Tradeoffs host Dan Gorenstein talking about our reporting on 988.
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In Part 3 of our special series on 988, we go on the ground to hear from individuals working in their communities to prepare for America’s new mental health crisis line to go live.
Guests:
Natalie Krebs, Health reporter, Iowa Public Radio
Emily Blomme, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation 2 Crisis Services
Christine Herman, Managing editor, Side Effects Public Media
Mike Sunseri, Deputy Executive Director, Kentucky Office of Homeland Security
Carter Barrett, Reporter, Side Effects Public Media
Benjamin Kowalczyk, Living Room patient
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In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 can learn from 911.
Learn more about how 988 came to be, what’s at stake and what it will take to succeed in the first episode in our series.
Guests:
Rebecca Neusteter, PhD, Executive Director, Health Lab, University of Chicago
Rita Salazar, 911 call-taker, Valley Communications Center
Michelle Lilly, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Northern Illinois University
Jennifer Battle, MSW, Director of Access, Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD Services
Lata Menon, MSW, CEO, First Choice Services
Courtney Colwell, 988 Program Manager, Volunteers of America Western Washington
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Starting July 16, 2022, anyone in the U.S. experiencing a mental health crisis will be able to dial 988 for help. We explore what it will take for this new nationwide hotline to meet the needs of millions of people struggling with suicide, addiction and mental illness.
Guests:
Andrea Harrison, Helpline Specialist, First Choice Services
Madhuri Jha, LCSW, MPH, Director, Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity, Morehouse School of Medicine
Ben Miller, PsyD, President, Well Being Trust
Hannah Wesolowski, MPA, Chief Advocacy Officer, National Alliance on Mental Illness
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Why has a little-known program designed to help hospitals and clinics that serve low-income people become one of the most controversial health policies in the country?
Guests:
Sayeh Nikpay, PhD, Tradeoffs Contributing Research Editor; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota
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The leader of a landmark abortion study shares what research and her own family experience suggest will happen to people who are denied abortions in a post-Roe world.
Guests:
Diana Foster Green, director of research at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health
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A personal and political fight to keep abortion legal in Michigan is in full swing. Michigan is one of more than 20 states poised to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade falls. Politico’s Alice Miranda Ollstein speaks with one woman who got an illegal abortion in Michigan and outlines the political levers state leaders have to to preserve abortion rights.
Guests:
Alice Miranda Ollstein, health care reporter, POLITICO
Renee Chelian, Executive Director, Northland Family Planning Centers
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