In February, we asked you, our listeners, to share the tips, tricks, and tactics you’ve learned for getting the medicine you need at prices you can manage. 

And of course some of you work in health care and have insider knowledge. Which we’re passing along in this second episode of The Prescription Drug Playbook.

We’ll hear from a listener who works to help seniors find healthcare, a pharma sales rep, an employee benefits advisor, and a battle-worn hospital caseworker – all bringing something a little surprising, and possibly even life-saving to the table. 

Of course—for all their advice, there is a BIG caveat: there is no one solution for everyone. This is a set of patches, workarounds, bandaids.

We deserve SO much better. But in the meantime, maybe some of these tips can help. 

Here’s a link to the Find a Health Center Tool that we told you about in the episode—it’s worth checking out!

And here's the full drug-price song by producer Claire Davenport and some robots

Find the whole Prescription Drug Playbook series – including our First Aid Kit newsletters — at armandalegshow.com/drugs

Here’s a transcript of this episode. 

Send your stories and questions. Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.

Of course we’d love for you to support this show.

In February, we asked you, our listeners, to share the tips, tricks, and tactics you&rsquo;ve learned for getting the medicine you need at prices you can manage.&nbsp;
And of course some of you work in health care and have insider knowledge. Which we&rsquo;re passing along in this second episode of The Prescription Drug Playbook.
We&rsquo;ll hear from a listener who works to help seniors find healthcare, a pharma sales rep, an employee benefits advisor, and a battle-worn hospital caseworker &ndash; all bringing something a little surprising, and possibly even life-saving to the table.&nbsp;
Of course&mdash;for all their advice, there is a BIG caveat: there is no one solution for everyone. This is a set of patches, workarounds, bandaids.
We deserve SO much better. But in the meantime, maybe some of these tips can help.&nbsp;
Here&rsquo;s a link to the <a href="https://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/">Find a Health Center Tool</a> that we told you about in the episode&mdash;it&rsquo;s worth checking out!
And here's the full <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/an-arm-and-a-leg/robots-sing-the-prescription-drug-playbook-song">drug-price song</a> by producer Claire Davenport and some robots
Find the whole Prescription Drug Playbook series &ndash; including our First Aid Kit newsletters &mdash; at <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/drugs/">armandalegshow.com/drugs</a>
<a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/WEB-TRANSCRIPT_S13-Ep10_Drugs-2.docx.pdf">Here&rsquo;s a transcript of this episode</a>.&nbsp;
<a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/">Send your stories and questions.</a> Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.
Of course we&rsquo;d love for you to <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/">support this show</a>.

An Arm and a Leg is a podcast about why health care costs so freaking much and what we can (maybe) do about it.

If you’ve ever been surprised by a medical bill, you’re in good company. But as our team of seasoned journalists has learned from years of reporting — you’re not always helpless. We don’t have all the answers, but we’ll offer you tools and big picture insights with plenty of humor and heart. 

An Arm and a Leg is co-produced with KFF Health News and distributed in partnership with KUOW.

You can support An Arm and a Leg by donating at armandalegshow.com/support/

Show Credits: Created, hosted, and produced by Dan Weissmann with senior producer Emily Pisacreta and engagement producer Claire Davenport, edited by Ellen Weiss. Audio wizard: Adam Raymonda. Music is by Dave Weiner and Blue Dot Sessions. Bea Bosco is our consulting director of operations. Lynne Johnson is our operations manager.

An Arm and a Leg&nbsp;is a podcast about why health care costs so freaking much and what we can (maybe) do about it.
If you&rsquo;ve ever been surprised by a medical bill, you&rsquo;re in good company. But as our team of seasoned journalists has learned from years of reporting &mdash; you&rsquo;re not always helpless. We don&rsquo;t have all the answers, but we&rsquo;ll offer you tools and big picture insights with plenty of humor and heart.&nbsp;
An Arm and a Leg is co-produced with <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/">KFF Health News</a> and distributed in partnership with <a href="https://www.kuow.org/">KUOW</a>.
You can support An Arm and a Leg&nbsp;by donating at <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/">armandalegshow.com/support/</a>
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Show Credits:&nbsp;Created, hosted, and produced by Dan Weissmann with senior producer Emily Pisacreta and engagement producer Claire Davenport, edited by Ellen Weiss. Audio wizard: Adam Raymonda. Music is by Dave Weiner and Blue Dot Sessions. Bea Bosco is our consulting director of operations. Lynne Johnson is our operations manager.

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