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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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Episode #21 – COVID-19 Puts a New Lens to the American Health Care System

It seems we’ve all got an opinion about how global, national and local leaders are handing the coronavirus pandemic. In this show, Powers skips over all of that and talks …

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Episode #20 – What Health Care Can Learn from the Iowa Caucus Debacle

The American political apparatus imploded as the primary season kicked off in Iowa this February. Many wonder how things could have gotten so bad…but then again, many of us are …

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Episode #19 – My Year Without Health Insurance

Health care costs in America have skyrocketed and the cost of insurance is getting out of control. First premiums went through the roof. Then deductible levels went sky-high. If you’re …

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Episode #18 – Getting Old Is Hard to Do: Thoughts on Long-Term Care

There’s been plenty of talk about Medicare, the public health program for the elderly. Many people don’t realize that Medicare does not cover most of the costs for long-term care. …

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Episode #17 – Price Transparency, Part II: What to Do About Drugs

This is the second in a two-part series about price transparency. In the first podcast, I discussed pricing as it relates to hospitals and other providers. In this episode, I …

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