Dan Weissmann
Creator and Host, An Arm and a Leg
About
Prior to creating An Arm and a Leg, Dan was a staff reporter for Marketplace and Chicago’s WBEZ. His reporting has appeared on outlets including 99 Percent Invisible, Planet Money, Reveal, Code Switch, and NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Before working in audio, he spent many years as a print reporter, frequently musing, “Audio seems like where the real fun is. How do I break into that?” His work reflects sophisticated reporting, an engaging narrative voice. Dan has a knack for snappy, accurate breakdowns of complex subjects, from urban segregation to the economics of America’s largest crop to the engineering miracles that turned the Chicago River into a sewer. Dan lives in the beautiful village of Skokie, Illinois, with his beautiful family.
Podcasts
Stories
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Coming soon: your stories on facility fees
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Meet the Middleman’s Middleman
Way behind the scenes, a hidden player makes billions — cutting what your health insurance covers.
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Staying on Medicaid seems tougher than it should be
The word “nightmare” came up a lot when we talked with a Tennessee mom.
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The Hack
A cyberattack against a giant gets us thinking about antitrust.
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One last tip before 2024
Mini-ep: What some hospitals won't tell you
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When hospitals sue patients (part 2)
What if they just… stopped?
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When hospitals sue patients (part 1)
Why do they do it? There isn’t much money in it.
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Paging Dr. Glaucomflecken: Presenting “The Nocturnists - Conversations: Will & Kristin Flanary (The Glaucomfleckens)”
Plus a good-news update from us (and John Green).
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Credit Card, Please
A listener’s doctor wanted her credit card info up front — before her appointment. She wondered: Do I need to give it to them? We did too.
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A ‘payday loan’ from a health care behemoth
What happens when a single company runs the most U.S. health insurance plans, owns a network employing more doctors than anyone else, and starts to get into the business of loaning money to doctors?
