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Episode 31: Price Transparency: A Conversation with Veteran Health Care Administrator David Kelly

Price transparency in health care is a broad term, making it hard for consumers to understand. We’ve talked about it a lot on our show, noting that pricing for “commoditizable” services …

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Episode 30: Health Care without a Net: My Second Year without Health Insurance

The consumerization of health care is one of the hottest topics for 2021. The movement has been kickstarted by a major price transparency initiative backed by CMS. The question is: …

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Episode 29: Need Versus Want: Learning to Self-Ration Our Health Care

Payment models for health care spending rely too much on subsidization. The privately insured subsidize government programs, the well subsidize the sick, the young subsidize the old. In this episode, …

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Episode 28: A Value-Based Expert Weighs in on Replacing Insurance: A Conversation with Dr. Eric Weaver

This is the first show to feature a guest. We’ve invited Dr. Eric Weaver, Director of the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative. Eric is an expert in value-based care, with decades …

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Episode 27: R.B.G.’s Immediate Legacy: An Uncertain Future for Health Insurance

The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes at a time of political and social division in America. A number of issues will continue to be hotly contested, …

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Episode #26: Consumerism in Health Care, Part II: Health Care Literacy and Moral Hazard

Consumers are looking for ways to lower their health costs. Yet the biggest component to their health care budget is something they cannot change: monthly health insurance premiums. In this …

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Episode #25: Consumerism in Health Care: Part I

Health care is almost a $4 trillion industry, yet it has yet to be “consumerized.” Politicians and industry leaders talk frequently about serving the consumer, but what do they really …

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Episode #24 – Don’t Use Covid-19 as an Excuse to Bail-Out the American Hospital System

The American hospital system has been under strain with the rise in Covid-19 cases. In some locations around the country, hospitals are busting at the gills, at full occupancy. The …

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Episode #23 – Telemedicine: Your Doctor is In. Your Telemedicine Company is Out.

Telemedicine, also known as telehealth, takes your doctor experience and makes it virtual. We’ve come to love it now that we’ve been sheltering at home. It’s convenient, but is it …

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Episode #22 – All for One and One for All in the Time of a Pandemic

Orders for self-quarantining and social distancing have been established across the country as communities battle the COVID-19 coronavirus. We’ve been asked to come together, to make individual sacrifices, all for …

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