Free Health Care

Benjamin Rush Institute
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Have you been lied to about health care? Free Health Care is a podcast from the Benjamin Rush Institute which challenges the idea that American medicine must be expensive, insurer-driven, and overregulated. Hosted by Director Brian Mew, the show makes case for free-market alternatives that restore the doctor-patient relationship, improve care, and put medicine back in the hands of physicians rather than health insurers and bureaucrats.

Episodes

  1. Episode 3: America 250: The Revolution is Not Over

    4d ago

    Episode 3: America 250: The Revolution is Not Over

    Two hundred fifty years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S.A. remains the greatest experiment in liberty the world has ever known. But are we as free today as the Founders envisioned? And what will it take to ensure our best days are still ahead? In this Independence Day episode, host Brian Mew reflects on both the legacy of Dr. Benjamin Rush and the radically libertarian principles that made America a shining city on a hill. As health care drifts further toward centralized planning, administrative bloat, and top-down control, can the nation that pioneered the cause of personal freedom and restrained government chart a different course?

    28 min
  2. Episode 2: Cutting Out the Middleman with Direct Care

    Jun 22

    Episode 2: Cutting Out the Middleman with Direct Care

    Why are an increasing number of physicians choosing to step outside the insurance-driven system in favor of direct care? In this episode, we explore how American health care has changed since WWII and the litany of policy decisions that, directly or indirectly, further separated consumers from the actual cost of their health care. Between growing dissatisfaction with insurers and the broken promises of the Affordable Care Act, more and more Americans are seeking a market reform that will restore the doctor-patient relationship—and they're finding it through DPC.

    27 min
  3. Episode 1: What Does It Mean to Free Health Care? with Dr. John Flo

    Jun 8

    Episode 1: What Does It Mean to Free Health Care? with Dr. John Flo

    What does it mean to "free" health care? In the first episode of the Benjamin Rush Institute's Free Health Care Podcast, Director Brian Mew and Board Member Dr. John Flo discuss the growing challenges facing American medicine—from physician burnout and shortages to rising costs and declining transparency—and explore the innovative models offering a different path forward: a path to putting patients and doctors, not middlemen and bureaucrats, back in control.

    35 min
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About

Have you been lied to about health care? Free Health Care is a podcast from the Benjamin Rush Institute which challenges the idea that American medicine must be expensive, insurer-driven, and overregulated. Hosted by Director Brian Mew, the show makes case for free-market alternatives that restore the doctor-patient relationship, improve care, and put medicine back in the hands of physicians rather than health insurers and bureaucrats.

Information

  • Creator
    Benjamin Rush Institute
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026
  • Show Website
    Free Health Care