Gail Wilensky: As Heard on WTOP 103.5 FM
March 2018
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: If Congress fails to act, will people on Obama Care lose coverage?"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
July 2017
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: Repealing ACA: What happens if the Republican effort to reform this do not get enough votes this summer or fall!"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
June 2017
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: Senate's efforts to repeal/replace the ACA will add too many people to the ranks of the uninsured!"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
April 2017
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: The latest efforts on Capitol Hill to repeal and replace Obama Care -- Gail said this new measure again would hurt some of the very people who put President Trump into office!"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
March 2017
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: Reinvigorated by President Trump's speech, Congressional Republicans say they are getting closer to presenting their Obamacare replacement plan!"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
December 2016
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: Republicans are united on repealing the healthcare law but are in different camps on replacing it -- Gail said we may see a strategy of repeal and delay in which the laws funding streams are repealed soon after Donald Trump's Inauguration but lawmakers will wait two or three years to replace the health law!"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
November 2016
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: How Often do you visit your doctor in person verses some kind of online interaction ... an email, a text and maybe even a videocall? At Kaiser Permanente, more than half of its interactions with patients are now virtual through smartphones, kiosks, video conferencing and alike…"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
August 2016
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: The Affordable Care Act is likely in need of a cure! -- Major insurance companies are leaving the Obama Care exchanges -- that means…"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
June 2016
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: Let’s talk what you paying for insurance -- we got new numbers for premiums that insurance companies are expecting to ask for next year!"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
March 2016
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: UnitedHealthcare -- The biggest health insurer in the U.S. is leaving most Obamacare heath exchanges by next year. The company said it had lost $475 million on the exchanges last year and could lose another half billion dollars this year, is this an ominous sign for Obamacare as a whole?"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
December 2015
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: Approval for new drugs climbed higher last year..."
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
December 2015
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: Growth in healthcare spending went up last year."
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
October 2015
October 2015
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: Back to the future, robotic surgery could be a reality in hospitals everywhere sooner than you think. It’s already in use in some places..."
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
August 2015
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: When insurance companies merge, what does it mean for you and the prices you pay for insurance coverage?"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
July 2015
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: What you may have to pay for health insurance..."
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
April 2015
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: Doc fix: A change better for doctors and better for patients..."
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
February 2015
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: On March 4, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on another Obama Care case and that could mean by June the court may strike down the payment of government subsidies..."
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
October 2014
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky segmented discussion: What's going on with your ACA health plan?"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
August 2014
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Looking for a job in the healthcare industry - A discussion on GME"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
August 2014
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Concierge medicine - A discussion on this new spin"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
June, 2014
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Not Long Ago the VA was held as the model of adopting New Technology; of Efficiency; of Affordable Healthcare – What the Heck Happen?"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
April, 2014
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"ACA enrollment discussion – what do we know and not know about individuals that signed up?"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
March 19, 2014
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"ACA enrollment discussion – people just do not believe in Obamacare yet!"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
February 19, 2014
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Need to see the doctor? Prepare for a long wait."
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
December 18, 2013
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Gail Wilensky, senior fellow at Project Hope, the latest on Obamacare implementation"
Listen to WTOP (WTOP Live blog)
November 20, 2013
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Progress made on Obamacare website Healthcare.gov"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
October 23, 2013
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Obamacare glitches and Sebelius"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
September 25, 2013
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Insurance changes under Obamacare"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
July 24, 2013
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Rules between local states and what you need to know about the implementation of the Affordable Healthcare Act"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
June 20, 2013
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"Medicare penalizes hospitals for treating poor patients who require more admissions"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
May 22, 2013
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"IRS won't have access to medical records under Affordable Care Act"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
April 24, 2013
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"How recession affected health care spending"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
March 27, 2013
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow, Project HOPE:
"Cutting medical interns' hours leads to worse health outcomes"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
September 23, 2012
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE:
"U.S. health care system wastes $750 billion a year"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
June 21, 2012
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow, Project HOPE
SoundCloud: Gail Wilensky on WTOP in SoundCloud.com
"Gail Wilenksy of Project HOPE goes through the various scenarios re: The Supreme Court & healthcare reform"
Listen to Gail Wilensky as heard on WTOP in SoundCloud
March 14, 2012
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow, Project HOPE:
"A lot of work to be done on state health care exchanges"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
March 1, 2012
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow for Project HOPE
"Swing state voters never warmed up to healthcare overhaul"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
January 19, 2012
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow, Project HOPE
"Health care bill aims at transparency"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)
September 14, 2011
Gail Wilensky, senior policy fellow, Project HOPE
"Group forming to protect new health reforms"
Listen to WTOP Download (mp3)