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Paging America
Exploring the power, profit & politics shaping American health care with hosts Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson. New episodes every Thursday.
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Episodes
Paging America"Pain is the Only Teacher": Jeff Timmer Previews the Midterm Reckoning
With the midterms days away, hosts Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson are joined by Jeff Timmer, former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party…
Paging AmericaTrifectas on the Table: How State Races Could Reshape Health Care
Hosts Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson look at the midterms from state capitols to the U.S. Senate. We dig into state trifectas and what that could mean for…
Paging AmericaMAHA’s Scorecard: Zero Promises Kept
Two-thirds of Americans now support Medicare for All, up from 50% in 2020. Even a third of Republicans are on board. This week, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob…
Paging AmericaHealthcare on the Ballot: Kansas, Maine, and Michigan
Healthcare is the center of the fight for the Senate. Hosts Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down three races where it is shaping the outcome: Kansas…
Paging AmericaThe MAHA Conference Goes Corporate
Physicians with the Committee to Protect Health Care descended on Washington to fight Dr. Heidi Overton’s nomination to lead the FDA, and by most accounts it…
Paging AmericaRFK Jr.'s Chemtrails, Overton's FDA Bid, and Dr. Vin Gupta on What Comes Next
This week on Paging America, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson are discussing the Senate HELP Committee hearing for FDA nominee Heidi Overton, whose support for…
Paging AmericaSilicon Valley's Rush to Replace Your Doctor With AI
Hosts Miles Baker and Dr Rob Davidson kick off today’s show talking about HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s return to the anti-vaccine movement he helped…
Paging AmericaMapping the MAHA Movement with The Bulwark's Will Sommer
Miles Baker and Dr Rob Davidson are back to break down a packed news week in American healthcare politics. New York Times reporting reveals the DOJ’s ongoing…
Paging AmericaFDA Chief Scientist Exposes Trump’s Vaccine Executive Order
This week on Paging America, Dr. Rob Davidson and Miles Baker break down an alarming wave of political corruption, crumbling consumer healthcare protections…
Paging AmericaA Dietician Watches RFK Jr's Cooking Show So You Don't Have To
We have the largest measles outbreak in 35 years it’s getting worse all around the country. A political firestorm it’s ignited in Pennsylvania after two…
Paging AmericaTrump Nominates a Zealot to Lead the FDA
Trump has nominated Dr. Heidi Overton, an outspoken anti-abortion, anti-vaccine ideologue, to run the FDA, one of the most powerful regulatory agencies in the…
Paging AmericaCDC in a Death Spiral
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down the week in health politics: surprise primary results across Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota show healthcare…
Paging AmericaFauci in Contempt, Kennedy Off the Rails
It’s been a chaotic week in health politics. The Senate Homeland Security Committee votes along party lines to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt, a move Rob and Miles…
Paging AmericaThe Yips: Trump’s Frustration with RFK Jr.
This week on Paging America, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down Dr. Fauci’s contentious Senate hearing. We take a look at Sen. Bernie Moreno’s viral…
Paging AmericaPete Hegseth's Weird Experiments on the Troops
This week, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson tackle the cyclospora outbreak. With over 7,000 suspected cases and 200+ hospitalizations nationwide, with CDC…
Paging AmericaHow Can Americans Survive the "Explosive Diarrhea" Parasite, Climate Change and MAGA?
Thank you Chris Resists, Laura A. Drury, Stuart Cohen, Cathy Stein, Annette Dejesus, and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with…
Paging AmericaThe Great MAHA Betrayal Continues
This week on Paging America, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down the growing cyclospora outbreak spreading across 34 states and the CDC’s alarmingly…
Paging AmericaTrump Dementia Diagnosis Amid MAHA Divorce
Could we be witnessing the public divorce of the MAHA and MAGA movements? We dig into a devastating new piece from Rolling Stone that explores the cracks…
Paging AmericaDr. Crudité, Dr. Trump and the Healthcare Death Spiral
What happens when political review replaces evidence-based science? This week on Paging America, host Dr. Rob Davidson is joined by special guest Dr. Chelsea…
Paging AmericaIvermectin: The Beef Tallow of Medicine
What happens when politics completely takes the wheel of public health? Let’s look at Tennessee, where highly concentrated doses of Ivermectin isn’t just junk…
Paging AmericaEbola Survivor Dr. Craig Spencer and is RFK Done at HHS?
Virginia’s rural hospitals are facing a quiet crisis. Up to 70% are at risk of closure or serious financial distress, and the state is far from alone. This…
Paging AmericaHHS on Autopilot and the "Secret Plan" to Cut Entitlements
Fresh off the Committee to Protect Healthcare’s first National Organizing Summit in Chicago, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down a chaotic week in…
Paging AmericaMilkmaxxing and The Resurgence of Preventable Diseases in America
Miles and Dr. Rob are live from Chicago ahead of the Committee to Protect Healthcare’s first National Organizing Summit for Universal Care with LOTS to talk…
Paging AmericaTrump's Health Problems Won't Stop the Grift
In a win for grassroots democracy, the group Michiganders for Money Out of Politics turned in over 562,000 signatures this week — well above the threshold…
Paging AmericaMEMORIAL DAY WITH STEVE SCHMIDT, PLUS I TAKE THE COGNITIVE TEST, WITH DR. ROB DAVIDSON
Thank you Dani Smart, Peter W Shuster, Bird Mama, Katherine Cooper, CO, and many others for tuning into my live video with Jim Acosta and Steve Schmidt! Join…
Paging AmericaPurges and Implants and Grifting.. Oh My!
This week on the show, the Supreme Court has punted mifepristone access back to the notoriously hostile Fifth Circuit — a short-term win for advocates, but a…
Paging AmericaPolling the MAHA Voter
With the midterm elections looming, a staggering 41% of Americans now identify with the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement. But who are these voters…
Paging America"Under-babied and over-medicated"
This week in health policy chaos: Mifepristone remains available for now after a series of last-minute court stays, but the Trump DOJ's silence in the case has…
Paging AmericaThe Battle Over Medication Abortion: Courts & Chaos
This week, Miles and Dr. Rob open with a seismic shift in reproductive rights: a Fifth Circuit ruling that functionally banned mifepristone access via…
Paging AmericaMAHA Got Played and Big Tobacco Got a Promotion
This week, Miles and Dr. Rob cover a week of troubling health care news: Senator Bill Cassidy goes soft on RFK Jr. at Senate hearings as he faces a tough…
Paging AmericaMisinterpreting Vaccine Data = More Clicks, Fewer Jabs
Dr. Rob and Dr. Kristin Lyerly break down major developments shaping the current health care and political landscape, including new threats to environmental…
Paging AmericaYet Another Health Care Election...
Miles and Dr. Rob break down major developments shaping the current health care and political landscapes, including a landslide Wisconsin Supreme Court race…
Paging AmericaMichigan’s Plan to Stop Corporate Money in Politics
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson unpack the proposed healthcare cuts to fund the war in Iran, new polling showing healthcare as the top voter issue, and…
Paging AmericaNo Kings and the Fight for Democracy with Ezra Levin
Miles and Dr. Rob are joined by Ezra Levin, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Indivisible, to talk about the explosive growth of the “No Kings” movement…
Paging AmericaThe 16 Year Anniversary of the ACA: An Interview with Hon. Mark Schauer
Miles Baker is joined by Mark Schauer, former Congressman, Vice President of Winning Connections, and board member of both Planned Parenthood in Michigan and…
Paging AmericaHow RFK Jr Dismantled America's Health Care Infrastructure in 1 Year
Thank you Laura A. Drury, the real pambo, Rachel-We are Renee and Keith, Nick G, A Dude On The Couch, Rhonda Foster, and many others for tuning into my live…
Paging AmericaSen. Peter Welch Takes on Big Pharma
Miles and Dr. Rob unpack a critical moment in U.S. health care, from a federal judge blocking key vaccine policy changes tied to RFK Jr., to growing fractures…
Paging AmericaThe Drug Price Reform Big Pharma Fears
Miles is joined by emergency physician and Committee to Protect Health Care board member, Dr. Chris Ford, to break down the turmoil surrounding Surgeon General…
Paging AmericaJustice on the Ballot in Wisconsin
Miles is joined by OB-GYN, Committee to Protect Health Care Board Chair, and health care advocate Dr. Kristin Lyerly to unpack another week in American health…
Paging AmericaThe Weird and Wild Casey Means Confirmation Hearing
Miles and Dr. Rob break down the confirmation hearing of Surgeon General nominee Casey Means, and ask the uncomfortable question at the center of it: is she…
Paging AmericaBiohazard Bobby’s One-Year Anniversary
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson mark the one-year anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of HHS, and take stock of the chaos. They begin with a…
Paging AmericaMAHA Goes Prime Time
Miles and Dr. Rob sort through another chaotic week in health politics. Dr. Oz urges all Americans to get the measles vaccine during a major outbreak, despite…
Paging AmericaSpotlight on Data: Health Care and the '26 Midterms
Miles Baker is joined by Liz Hamel of KFF for a Spotlight on Data, where they examine new polling on health care affordability and the 2026 midterms. They…
Paging AmericaICE in Hospitals & the Trump Rx Grift
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down a cascade of political decisions and enforcement actions that are actively reshaping American health care. The…
Paging AmericaDoctors Fight Back Against ICE
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson confront the expanding role of ICE and DHS in and around hospitals, and the growing consequences for public health. The…
Paging AmericaThe Nexus of ICE and Health Care
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson unpack Donald Trump’s long-promised “Great Healthcare Plan,” a glossy rollout with few details, impossible math, and recycled…
Paging AmericaThe New War on Reproductive Health Care
Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down the escalating political attacks on reproductive health care and the federal institutions meant to protect…
Paging AmericaNo Booze for Breakfast
Miles and Dr. Rob kick off the new year by laying out the health care fights already shaping 2026. From rising insurance costs and unfinished ACA business to…
Paging AmericaHoliday Special: Mailbag Episode
In this special mailbag episode, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson are joined by Producer Chris Savage to answer listener questions on the biggest health care…
Paging AmericaBest of Paging America 2025: Jason Kander
A re-release of Episode 26 with special guest Jason Kander, veteran, author, and health care advocate, to discuss the VA system, PTSD care, and why…
Paging AmericaRepublicans Stare into the Abyss, and Jump
In this week’s episode, Miles and Dr. Rob break down the accelerating fallout from Republican health care policy, from massive staffing cuts at the VA that…
Paging AmericaHealth Care Hunger Games
In this week’s episode, Miles and Dr. Rob break down a wild week in health care politics—starting with Trump’s “rural hospital Hunger Games,” a $50 billion…
Paging AmericaThe Troubling Record of America’s New CDC Power Player
In this week’s episode, Miles and guest co-host Dr. Kristin Lyerly unpack the latest chaos in public health, from FDA regulator Vinay Prasad’s unsupported…
Paging AmericaSenator Gary Peters on the GOP Health Care Rug Pull
On this week’s episode, Miles and Dr. Rob break down the emerging GOP “concepts of a plan” on Obamacare, and the escalating vaccine misinformation battle…
Paging AmericaRFK Jr.: GOP Asset or Albatross?
On this week’s episode, Dr. Rob talks with Politico’s Senior Health Care Reporter, Alice Miranda Ollstein, about how RFK Jr. is reshaping the political…
Paging AmericaThe View of Health Care from the Balcony of the White House
On this week’s episode, Dr. Rob is joined by guest co-host Dr. Chris Ford, emergency physician, host of the Pulse Check Wisconsin podcast, and member of the…
Paging AmericaSpotlight on Data: Why Americans Are Demanding Action on Health Costs
On this week’s bonus episode, Dr. Rob talks with Families USA Senior Director of Health Policy, Sophia Tripoli, about new polling that shows an overwhelming…
Paging AmericaRepublicans Overplayed Their Hand: The Backlash Building in Health and Politics
In this week’s episode, Miles and Dr. Rob break down a pivotal week in public health and politics. From thousands of white coats marching on Washington to…
Paging AmericaShutdown Politics, Soaring Premiums, and the Fight for Pennsylvania’s Future
In this week’s episode, Dr. Rob and guest co-host Dr. Kristin Lyerly dive into the politics driving the latest government shutdown, and how it’s pushing health…
Paging AmericaPolling Public Health: A Deep Dive with KFF’s Liz Hamel
On this week’s bonus episode, Miles and guest host Dr. Kristin Lyerly sit down with KFF’s Liz Hamel, one of the country’s leading experts on health polling, to…