I’m guest hosting today’s Your Call, where for the first half hour we’ll cover the widespread protests in China over the country’s zero-Covid policy and how the government is using its vast security and mass surveillance system to stifle the protests. We’ll be joined be Jiayang Fan, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Then in the second half of the program, we’ll discuss a recent Propublica investigation about the growing and profitable hospice industry. At the start of this century, for-profit providers made up 30% of the field. But today, they represent more than 70%, tripling between 2011 and 2019 alone. Companies in the hospice business can expect some of the biggest returns for the least amount of effort of any sector in American health care, according to Propublica. Joining us is the author of the report, Ava Kofman, a reporter on ProPublica’s national desk.
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