Episode 45 - "Bill of Health"

American healthcare is taking a toll on America's health. Costs outpace economic growth, medical debt plagues millions, confusing and surprising bills infect further more, insurance premiums and deductibles are out of control, and at the end of the day we're not even receiving better care as a result of all this change.

In part one of a three part series, we will hear three personal stories as we try and make sense of where American healthcare went wrong - and how we can get it back on track.

Chapters

• 06:31 Juanne from Ontario
• 11:44 Insurance and surprise charges
• 17:55 Insurance's humble origins
• 20:06 Insurance competition raises costs
• 24:40 Hospitals flex their power
• 32:44 Joel from DC
• 37:11 American medical coding oddity
• 48:24 Emergency service private equity
• 53:07 "Residency and training, or free labor?"
• 56:29 Matt from Nashville
• 1:03:57 What can we do?

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