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Dr. Rob Davidson and Miles Baker explore the power, profit & politics shaping American health care. New podcast drops weekly. Project of the Committee to Protect Health Care.

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    The Situation Womb: Band-Aids on an Arterial Bleed (opens the original)

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    This week on The Situation Womb, Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Dr. Chris Ford, and Dr. Erin Stevens open with the Cornell case and the response online, and share a reminder for survivors: it was not your fault. Support is available through the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE.Then it’s on to the news. New data shows more than 12 million women who rely on low-cost or free birth control could lose access if Planned Parenthood funding cuts go through, and clinics have already closed that

  2. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    On Call by Paging America: Immediate Reaction to Heidi Overton’s Confirmation Hearing (opens the original)

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    Hosts Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson react to Heidi Overton’s Senate HELP Committee hearing on her nomination to lead the FDA. She gave evasive, non-committal answers on vaccines, reproductive health, and other high-stakes topics, dodging questions about her own well-documented views. Rob compares her approach to Dean Smith’s “four corners” stall offense, running out the clock without ever offering a real opinion.The hosts play clips of Overton declining to say whether an IUD is an abortion, w

  3. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    RFK Jr.'s Chemtrails, Overton's FDA Bid, and Dr. Vin Gupta on What Comes Next (opens the original)

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    This week on Paging America, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson are discussing the Senate HELP Committee hearing for FDA nominee Heidi Overton, whose support for changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and push to restrict abortion have raised serious alarms. Miles walks through the two-step Senate process that could stop her nomination and where Susan Collins and Bill Cassidy stand. From there, the hosts turn to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s return to Children’s Health Defense, where after nearly 90

  4. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    The Situation Womb: They Want You To Believe You're Drinking Abortions (opens the original)

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    Someone wants you to believe your tap water is full of other people’s abortions. Drs. Kristin Lyerly and Erin Stevens follow the trail from a new EPA water study back to Students for Life, and explain why it’s a distraction while lead, PFAS, and nitrates go unaddressed.In Kansas, a Senate race no one was watching just got interesting. Democrat Adam Hamilton is closing in on Sen. Roger Marshall, the OB-GYN who sued more than 700 of his own patients over unpaid bills, some as small as $101, and ha

  5. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    On Call by Paging America: Heidi Overton’s Confirmation Hearing Is Set (opens the original)

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    Breaking News: the Senate HELP Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on September 24th for Dr. Heidi Overton, Trump's pick to lead the FDA. Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson break down Overton's record as an America First Policy Institute fellow, her role shaping the administration's childhood vaccine schedule changes, her anti-abortion writings, and why Senators Cassidy, Collins, and Murkowski could be the deciding votes on her confirmation.

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