Building A New America With Jonathan Arias.
#26 - The Cost of Health
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:52:48
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Synopsis
The infamous fact is that we in the US spend vastly more on healthcare than any other country without necessarily getting better services or outcomes. The last time I checked, we spend about 20% of our national GDP on healthcare. Anecdotally, I know tons of people, including myself, who have dealt with outrageous and unpredictable medical bills. In fact, in a 2009 study in the American Journal of Medicine, 62% of bankruptcies were caused by medical issues. With that said, how should we view healthcare? As a commodity like anything else that we consume? Or as a social good, as a right, where any and everyone receives proper and affordable healthcare? With the complexity of this issue, we could only do it justice by covering it in 2 parts. In part one, we dive into the area that most concerns us: cost. We discuss the role that insurance companies, hospitals, doctors, and pharmaceutical companies play in cost.In part two: we compare the US system to other systems around the world. You may be surprised b