An Arm and a Leg: A Listener Fighting the Good Fight

By Dan Weissmann

January 7, 2025

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<br /> <span class="byline">Dan Weissmann</span></p> <p>Joey Ballard is an internal medicine resident at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He wrote to “An Arm and a Leg” about a resolution the American Medical Association recently adopted calling on hospitals to do more to make sure patients who qualify for charity care get it. And that legislators and regulators make sure that’s happening.</p> <p>Ballard helped write that resolution. He told “An Arm and a Leg” host Dan Weissmann that he first heard about charity care after listening to an episode of the podcast.</p> <p>Ballard spoke with Weissmann about organizing as a medical student, bringing the resolution to the AMA, and the optimism he feels about the fight for charity care at the hospital where he works.</p> <p> Dan Weissmann</p> <p> <a href="https://twitter.com/danweissmann" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><br /> @danweissmann </a></p> <p> Host and producer of “An Arm and a Leg.” Previously, Dan was a staff reporter for Marketplace and Chicago’s WBEZ. His work also appears on All Things Considered, Marketplace, the BBC, 99 Percent Invisible, and Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting. </p> <h3> Credits </h3> <p> Emily Pisacreta<br /> Producer</p> <p> Adam Raymonda<br /> Audio wizard</p> <p> Ellen Weiss<br /> Editor</p> <p>“An Arm and a Leg” is a co-production of KFF <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="/health-and-fitness-news/" title="Health" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked">Health</a> News and Public Road Productions.</p> <p>To keep in touch with “An Arm and a Leg,” subscribe to its newsletters. You can also follow the show on Facebook and the <a href="https://twitter.com/armandalegshow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social platform X</a>. And if you’ve got stories to tell about the health care system, the producers would love to hear from you.</p> <p><em>To hear all KFF Health News podcasts, click here.</em></p> <p><em>And subscribe to “An Arm and a Leg” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.</em></p> <p>
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