Surprise E.R. Bills, Insurance Changes, Bacteria and the Colon

Surprise ER Doctor Bills Guest: Zack Cooper, PhD, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Assistant Professor of Economics, Assistant Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University You go to an emergency room that’s in your insurance network – you make sure of that - and while you’re there, a doctor patches you up. Then comes a bill in the mail and that doctor who took care of you turns out not to have been in the same insurance network as the ER where you went. So you’re on the hook for that out-of-network bill, which is probably hundreds of dollars, because ER doctors don’t come cheap.  Health Insurance Under Trump Guest: Marc Showalter, PhD, Professor of Economics, BYU Given the Republican control of Congress and President-elect Trump’s nomination of an outspoken Obamacare critic to head the Department of Health and Human Services, changes are definitely in store for the healthcare in the US. Republican leaders in Congress are pushing to pass a bill, early next year, that would repeal many key provisions of the Affordable Care Act.  Saying Goodbye to Mom-in-Chief, Michelle Obama Guest: Sara Hayden, PhD, Professor of Communication Studies, University of Montana  America will soon bid farewell to the nation’s first African American first family. So, let’s spend a moment looking at Michelle Obama’s legacy in the role of First Lady. Very early on, she began referring to herself as “mom-in-chief” and reiterated it again during her speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention when Obama was seeking re-election.  Michelle Obama’s focus on her role as a mother to her daughters – and through her Let’s Move program to all of America’s kids – rankled feminists who would rather have seen her place more emphasis on her extensive professional credentials as an attorney and executive.  When Gut Bacteria Eat the Colon Guest: Eric Martens, PhD, Professor of Microbiology, University of Michigan According to research done by microbiologists at the University of Michigan Medical School,