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Listen and followApple PodcastsSpotifyYouTubeMore apps · Browse all episodes Many companies pay for their workers’ health care directly, and the fees buried in those plans have been hard to see. Paul Pender, an ophthalmologist, explains why new transparency and fiduciary rules taking hold in January 2027 will force these self-insured employers to ask for that

I am a practicing hematologist-oncologist in the U.S., standing here against all odds I could never have imagined overcoming. It was not a linear journey; I arrived here carrying the unfinished lives of generations of women before me. Today, I live independently. I earn my own money. I make decisions about my own life and,

When my cardiologist recommended an invasive coronary angiogram, with stents potentially to follow, I wasn’t ready to agree. The thought of an invasive catheter procedure frightened me. Bypass surgery would later enter the conversation, raising the stakes further. I wanted to understand why an invasive procedure was necessary, what it would establish, and whether less

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Men are less likely to be diagnosed with depression, less likely to seek treatment, and yet also die by suicide at roughly four times the rate of women. Those three facts tell one story. Together they describe a system that misses depression in men and finds out too late. We miss it because we’re looking

“I don’t know yet.” They’re only four words, but they may be among the most important words a physician can say. Most of us are uncomfortable with uncertainty, especially when our health is involved. If we’ve been living with unexplained pain, frightening symptoms, or a diagnosis we don’t fully understand, naturally we want answers. We