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Uncared For

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness

Frequency: 1 episode/41d. Total Eps: 26

In a country that seems more divided than ever, there's one thing almost everyone agrees on: our healthcare system feels broken. From crushing medical debt, to rural hospital closures, deep cuts to medicaid, and the stress of insurance denials, so many Americans aren’t getting the care they need. In Season 3 of Uncared For, award-winning journalist SuChin Pak (Add to Cart, MTV News) talks to patients, physicians, advocates, and experts to explore the issues – and demand better. From Lemonada Media and The Commonwealth Fund.

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Send Us A Voice Memo

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 • Duration 01:15

A request from the Uncared For team: Tell us about your experience with medical debt or struggles to find a therapist. Record a voice message at speakpipe.com/UncaredFor or send it to uncaredfor@lemonadamedia.com

We’ll listen to every message sent in, and some might become part of our upcoming season. Thanks!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Bonus: Showing Up for Care in 2025

Season 2 · Episode 10

Friday, December 6, 2024 • Duration 33:58

What does the upcoming Trump presidency mean for the care economy and the over 105 million family caregivers in our country? In this post-election bonus episode, caregiving expert and policy advocate Ai-jen Poo returns to tell us what challenges lay ahead for families and care workers, and how we can keep fighting for a better system that allows us to truly show up for care.

This season of Uncared For is presented by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit foundation making grants to promote an equitable, high-performing health care system.

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When Caregiving Leads to Bankruptcy

Season 2 · Episode 1

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 • Duration 37:40

When you’re caring for an aging parent, you want the best care possible. But what does that care cost? And who pays for it? AARP’s caregiving expert Amy Goyer struggled financially to give her parents the best care possible and even ended up filing for bankruptcy. Despite this, Amy looks back on the joy of caregiving and celebrating the wins.

AARP has financial and legal resources for caregivers, including ways to protect your money while caring for a loved one or friend.

AARP also has information on how to find credit counseling here.

Join AARP’s Family Caregivers Discussion Group on Facebook.

This season of Uncared For is presented by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit foundation making grants to promote an equitable, high-performing health care system.

Help others find our show by leaving us a rating and writing a review.

Follow SuChin Pak on Instagram @SuchinPak and Lemonada at @lemonadamedia across all social platforms.

Want to become a Lemonada superfan? Join us at joinsubtext.com/lemonadasuperfan.

Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and all other Lemonada series: lemonadamedia.com/sponsors.

To follow along with a transcript, go to lemonadamedia.com/show/ shortly after the air date.

Uncared For Season 2 (Official Trailer)

Season 2

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 • Duration 02:56

Roughly 42 million Americans are caregivers for an older loved one. It's work that is exhausting, gratifying, and lonely all at once. In Season 2 of Uncared For, host SuChin Pak talks to family caregivers about how they do it - how they balance their careers, kids, navigating our healthcare system and trying to stay sane - with the challenge of caring for our elders. From Lemonada Media and The Commonwealth Fund. Coming May 15.

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Bonus: Why Millions Are Getting Kicked Off Medicaid

Season 1 · Episode 9

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 • Duration 18:34

Why are millions of us – kids included – losing Medicaid coverage, oftentimes by accident? And how can we get it back? We’ll answer these questions with Medicaid expert Joan Alker, and hear Litha’s story – an Arkansas resident who lost coverage for five months, all while coping with life-threatening kidney failure.

Resources:

For research and articles from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, visit: https://ccf.georgetown.edu/.

Uncared For is presented by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit foundation making grants to promote an equitable, high-performing health care system. Learn more at CommonwealthFund.org.

SuChin Pak is our host. This bonus episode was produced by Giulia Hjort and mixed by Bobby Woody. Chrystal Genesis is our Supervising Producer. Jackie Danziger is our VP of Narrative Content. Executive producers are Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs.

Follow SuChin on Twitter and Instagram at @suchinpak. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.

You can also get premium content and behind the scenes material by subscribing to Lemonada Premium on Apple Podcasts.

Want to become a Lemonada superfan? Join us at https://joinsubtext.com/lemonadasuperfan.

Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and all other Lemonada series: lemonadamedia.com/sponsors.

To follow along with a transcript, go to www.lemonadamedia.com/show/ shortly after the air date.

Bonus: Care Denied

Season 1 · Episode 8

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 • Duration 25:33

Insurance plays a big role in deciding the kind of health care we receive in this country – and how much it’ll cost us. Today, we’re speaking with ProPublica reporter Maya Miller about wrongful insurance denials and knowing your rights as a patient.

Resources:

Read Maya and other ProPublica reporters’ coverage of insurance denials here:

UnitedHealthcare tried to deny coverage to a chronically ill patient. He fought back, exposing the insurer’s inner workings: https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis
How Cigna saves millions by having its doctors reject claims without reading them: https://www.propublica.org/article/cigna-pxdx-medical-health-insurance-rejection-claims
Health insurance claim denied? See what insurers said behind the scenes: https://www.propublica.org/article/find-out-why-health-insurance-claim-denied
You have a right to know why a health insurer denied your claim. Some insurers still won’t tell you: https://www.propublica.org/article/your-right-to-know-why-health-insurer-denied-claim
How often do health insurers say no to patients? No one knows: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-often-do-health-insurers-deny-patients-claims
Insurance executives refused to pay for the cancer treatment that could have saved him. This is how they did it: https://www.propublica.org/article/priority-health-michigan-cart-insurance-vanpatten-denials

Bonus: A Year After Dobbs

Season 1 · Episode 7

Friday, June 23, 2023 • Duration 40:03

One year after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, we sit down with two women working in the reproductive rights space to talk about what has changed, and what’s still to come.

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Learn more about the Roots Community Birth Center: https://www.rootsbirthcenter.com/

Read research from RHITES: https://www.rhites.org/

Looking for reproductive legal help? Check out If When How: https://www.ifwhenhow.org/

Uncared For is presented by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit foundation making grants to promote an equitable, high-performing health care system. Learn more at CommonwealthFund.org.

SuChin Pak is our host. This bonus episode was produced by Giulia Hjort and mixed by Bobby Woody. Music is by Andrea Kristinsdottir. Jackie Danziger is our VP of Narrative Content. Executive producers are Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs.

Follow SuChin on Twitter and Instagram at @suchinpak. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.

You can also get premium content and behind the scenes material by subscribing to Lemonada Premium on Apple Podcasts.

Want to become a Lemonada superfan? Join us at https://joinsubtext.com/lemonadasuperfan.

Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and all other Lemonada series: lemonadamedia.com/sponsors.

Reimagining Birth

Season 1 · Episode 6

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 • Duration 42:58

In our last episode, we return stateside to see how the Minneapolis-based Roots Community Birth Center is reimagining maternal care by prioritizing strong relationships and culturally centered care. We also learn about how midwives were once the go-to providers in American maternal care, but eventually became obsolete when doctors entered the picture. So what can we do to bring them back? And what would it take to open up a Roots in every state?

Learn more about the Roots Community Birth Center here: https://www.rootsbirthcenter.com/

Read about the Commonwealth Fund’s research on community-based maternal care models here: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2021/mar/community-models-improve-maternal-outcomes-equity

Uncared For is presented by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit foundation making grants to promote an equitable, high-performing health care system. Learn more at CommonwealthFund.org.

SuChin Pak is our host. Muna Danish is our supervising producer. Giulia Hjort is our producer and Rachel Lightner is our producer and audio engineer. Isaura Aceves is our associate producer. Mix help from Kristin Mueller. Music is by Andrea Kristinsdottir. Jackie Danziger is our VP of Narrative Content. Our story consultant is Kaya Henderson. Fact-checking by Naomi Barr. Executive producers are Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs.

Follow SuChin on Twitter and Instagram at @suchinpak. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.

You can also get premium content and behind the scenes material by subscribing to Lemonada Premium on Apple Podcasts.

Want to become a Lemonada superfan? Join us at https://joinsubtext.com/lemonadasuperfan.

Costa Rica: By Boat, By Horse, By Bicycle

Season 1 · Episode 5

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 • Duration 43:50

This week, we head to Costa Rica, the final destination on our maternal health “world tour,” where we explore the country’s unique community-based model of care. We’ll travel into the mountains with a community health worker to check up on a pregnant woman, and then head to the western coast, where we meet a doctor providing care to a small fishing village. Along the way, we’ll learn how the country’s healthcare reforms helped to expand access to rural areas and overcome high rates of child and maternal mortality.

Learn more about Costa Rica’s healthcare model here:

Uncared For is presented by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit foundation making grants to promote an equitable, high-performing health care system. Learn more at CommonwealthFund.org.

Follow SuChin on Twitter and Instagram at @suchinpak. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.

The Netherlands: Fairy Godmothers of Postpartum Care

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 • Duration 46:53

This week, we travel east to the Netherlands. Here, midwives and “kraamzorgs,” or postnatal maternity aides, help parents during every step of the pregnancy journey. We’ll meet expecting parents trying out a new type of group-based care, hear from an American journalist about the the hands-on postpartum support she received in her own home, and meet a midwife prioritizing maternal care for undocumented immigrants.

Learn more about the Amstermam midwifery practice: https://amstermam.nl/over-ons/

Learn more about the Bijlmermeer Birth Center: https://verloskundigenpraktijkbijlmermeer.nl/en/

Interested in the history of the Bijlmermeer neighborhood? Listen to an episode of 99% Invisible that’s all about it: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/bijlmer-city-future-part-1/

Look into centering care in the US: https://centeringhealthcare.org/what-we-do/centering-pregnancy

Read more of Dr. Ank de Jonge’s research: https://research.vumc.nl/en/persons/ank-de-jonge

Uncared For is presented by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit foundation making grants to promote an equitable, high-performing health care system. Learn more at CommonwealthFund.org.

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