ALT Dark brown card with white text: On the day her insurance ran out, a woman with wounds on both feet was told to go home from a skilled nursing facility. Thirty-four home health agencies refused her. A podiatrist who had treated her for years says she lived alone, with no plan for home care. "She ends up back in the emergency room with infected ulcers again." The Podcast by KevinMD.

ALT Cream card with black text: At her first prenatal visit, a pregnant woman watched three of her four sonograms be thrown in the trash in front of the whole waiting room. She was scoffed at for coming in so early, and told not to look into the sonograms she demanded back. "Demand it. Demand it, or go find it." The Podcast by KevinMD.

ALT Near-black card with white text: A cardiologist’s friend, a musician on Medicaid, called to say his coverage had changed and he could no longer afford the medication he needed. A couple months after he stopped taking it, he had a big stroke and passed away. "He was a really good friend." The Podcast by KevinMD.

ALT Putty card with black text: A perfusionist holds up an iPad so families can say their final goodbyes, holds patients’ hands as they die, and clamps the line on their life support. For two years, her seven-year-old son kept asking her the same question. "Mommy, you’re not going to die, are you?" The Podcast by KevinMD.

ALT Dark red card with white text: In the final year of her physical therapy program, the professors split the class into “the white guys” and “the janitors,” and the janitors were all the students of color. The students took it to the provost, and the professor said it was just a game. "They felt pushed aside to the margins of the learning environment." The Podcast by KevinMD.

ALT Pale green card with black text: A mother arrived at her daughter’s first cystic fibrosis consultation with highlighted protocols and all her questions, and the doctor saw that her hands were shaking. The pulmonologist sat in a chair right next to her and took her hands. "Not across from me, but right next to me." The Podcast by KevinMD.

ALT Dark blue card with white text: A family physician told the ER doctor she was afraid to leave because she felt she might pass out, and he said it was her lisinopril and basically discharged her. At work, her heart rate had been 40. "Just believe your patient." The Podcast by KevinMD.

ALT Light gray card with black text: Told that fifteen minutes late meant a missed appointment, a mother living in a tent ran her kids to the clinic, and her daughter had a seizure. She left her daughter on the bench. "But for others, this means a seizure disorder." The Podcast by KevinMD.

ALT Dark green card with white text: The day before her family left for Hawaii, a physician’s very sick mother was denied Medicare Part B, so she fought it while her kids were at the pool. The hospital had asked for half of a $500,000 estimate before the first appointment. "It never occurred to me that it would possibly be a denial." The Podcast by KevinMD.

ALT Cream card with black text: A physician watched her newborn’s oxygen drop on the monitor again and again, and the nurses said it was just reflux. Twelve hours later, her daughter was finally admitted to the ICU. "It shouldn’t take six times for you to call for help." The Podcast by KevinMD.