Aug 13, 2026 · 28 min · 13 segments
We’re bringing back a favorite episode from 2023 that raises a question as relevant as ever: What if we had a decent, publicly-funded health system, available to everybody, with or without insurance?…
Dan WeissmannHostRicardo NuilaGuest
That's a giant neighborhood full of hospitals and medical schools, including some of the best in the country, like the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
In his book, Ricardo Nwila writes about how some patients at Bentob can see from their rooms the gleaming buildings of Bentob's neighbors.
We look out from a stairwell at a glass tower, MD Anderson's Sheikh Zayed building.
That's glamorous, right? You get a glimpse into the rest of the medical center here.
But as Ricardo Nuela makes clear in his book, this unglamorous brick building gets the job done.
In addition to Stephen, there's Ebony, whose complicated pregnancy, there's a lot of vaginal bleeding, gets tracked more precisely than it would elsewhere.
At Ben Taub, they've adopted an innovative approach, weighing each pad to get an exact measurement.
Another patient, Christian, has bounced around other systems without anybody accurately diagnosing the dire kidney problems that have kept him in pain for years.
We organize things, which is basically, okay, we need to focus on your kidneys right now, and we need to get you to see a geneticist.
They not only diagnose Christian, they get him on a form of dialysis he can manage himself at home.
But Ricardo Noguila makes the case over and over again that they take the time, because they have it, to make wise use of resources.
That's a giant neighborhood full of hospitals and medical schools, including some of the best in the country, like the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
In his book, Ricardo Nwila writes about how some patients at Bentob can see from their rooms the gleaming buildings of Bentob's neighbors.
We look out from a stairwell at a glass tower, MD Anderson's Sheikh Zayed building.
That's glamorous, right? You get a glimpse into the rest of the medical center here.
But as Ricardo Nuela makes clear in his book, this unglamorous brick building gets the job done.
In addition to Stephen, there's Ebony, whose complicated pregnancy, there's a lot of vaginal bleeding, gets tracked more precisely than it would elsewhere.
At Ben Taub, they've adopted an innovative approach, weighing each pad to get an exact measurement.
Another patient, Christian, has bounced around other systems without anybody accurately diagnosing the dire kidney problems that have kept him in pain for years.
We organize things, which is basically, okay, we need to focus on your kidneys right now, and we need to get you to see a geneticist.
They not only diagnose Christian, they get him on a form of dialysis he can manage himself at home.
But Ricardo Noguila makes the case over and over again that they take the time, because they have it, to make wise use of resources.
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