41 min

1: Why on Earth is it So Expensive? The Mythical Unicorn of the Perfect Healthcare System The New Wave of Healthcare

    • Medicine

In this inaugural episode of the New Wave of Healthcare, we explore the most burning question out there about healthcare: why oh why is it so expensive? While we way not come up with a perfect solution, Peter Dunbar, CEO of the Foundation for Health Care Quality, guides us through the age-old search for the mythical "perfect system" by exploring centralization vs decentralization, localization vs nationalization, the US system vs the UK, how the complex web creates high costs by design, and if there's hope for us yet. 

In this inaugural episode of the New Wave of Healthcare, we explore the most burning question out there about healthcare: why oh why is it so expensive? While we way not come up with a perfect solution, Peter Dunbar, CEO of the Foundation for Health Care Quality, guides us through the age-old search for the mythical "perfect system" by exploring centralization vs decentralization, localization vs nationalization, the US system vs the UK, how the complex web creates high costs by design, and if there's hope for us yet. 

41 min