II. Sacrilege: Insurer Discrimination, Payment Structures, & Redistributive Healthcare Financing

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[Show note: Tim made a pop filter for Kelly Jo and then while futzing with it mistakenly hit the button that mutes the mixer (?) so we accidentally recorded this episode on his shitty laptop mic without realizing it. Sorry!!!! Luckily our friend Dan Thorn up at Pink Noise Studios in Somerville took our files and made the result listenable. Hell right.]

- Kelly Jo talks about some ways insurers discriminate against people with preexisting conditions (specifically HIV/AIDS) and the weaponization of cost-sharing, and how Section 1557 of the ACA can be used to help.

- Tim spends a minute describing different kinds of cool payment structures (as a 101-type complement to Episode 1) and then runs through a whitepaper he really likes:

Glied, Health Care Financing, Efficiency, and Equity (2008)
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13881

-We listen to Sacrilege - Behind the Realms of Madness (1985). It sounds like Slayer, but better, with a lady behind the mic, and vocals about apocalyptic global warming and shit. It's extremely good.

Thank you to Kvelertak for "Nattesferd," our theme music.
Thank you to Dan at Pink Noise Studios (www.pinknoise-studios.com).
Thank you to you! Next week, we'll discuss Bernie's bill and other shit.