People who work in real-life emergency rooms have raved about how accurately the new drama The Pitt (Max) captures the dynamics and the medical details of their workplaces.
Here at An Arm and a Leg, we’ve been nerding out about how the show depicts the financial forces that shape the ER’s day-to-day problems like crowding, eternal wait times, and scary bills.
For this episode, we got Dr. Alex Janke, an emergency medicine doctor and health policy researcher to nerd out with us.
Here’s a transcript of this episode.
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