Podcasts about american healthcare

In episode two, Dr. Berwick challenges some basic assumptions: Does competition truly drive innovation in health care? He argues that cooperation often outperforms competition, citing VA-led safety advances and national patient-safety collaboratives at CMS (like the Partnership for Patients) that rewarded results and spread what worked. He also identifies some of the issues that both health care and politics face in lobbying and the undue influence of moneyed interests. Northwell is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals, 890 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We're making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. Get the latest news and insights from our experts in the Northwell Newsroom: Press releases Insights Podcasts Publications Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit our career site and explore our many opportunities. Watch episodes of 20-Minute Health Talk on YouTube.  For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn.

In the first episode of this two-part 20-Minute Health Talk, Chethan Sathya, MD, sits down with Don Berwick, MD — former Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator (CMS) and founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Dr. Berwick traces his path from early harrowing medical experiences to a career dedicated to improving patient care and healthcare delivery. The conversation moves to how patient solidarity could become a force for change and why simplifying to a single, public payer could create conditions that could fix the delivery of health care while actually improving patient choice and lowering costs. Northwell is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals, 890 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We're making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. Get the latest news and insights from our experts in the Northwell Newsroom: Press releases Insights Podcasts Publications Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit our career site and explore our many opportunities. Watch episodes of 20-Minute Health Talk on YouTube.  For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn.

Let's talk PBM's.  What even is a P-B-M? Pharmacy benefit managers have been around since the 1960's, although back then, they were basically claims processors. Things changed in the 80's and 90's following the first iteration of ERISA when employers saw PBMs as potential cost containment strategies. The industry continued to explode until 2007 when CVS acquired Caremark, and now the market is really consolidated into just three major players. Why does this matter? Well, PBMs control just about everything drug-related in the US these days, and that includes the cost. Given that we have not seen the promised drop in drug prices, Americans and employers are still bearing the burden of this bloated and broken system.  To unpack how this works and what folks are doing about it, we invited back Shawn Gremminger, the President and CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. His organization works with regional coalitions of employers to help them advance health policy, leverage their collective power, and drive market change.

Before 911, Before Organ Donation Laws, Before Physician AssistantsImagine calling for help during a medical emergency in the 1960s and discovering there was no coordinated EMS system.Imagine lifesaving organs being lost because there was no legal framework for donation.Imagine overworked doctors without trained Physician Assistants helping bridge the gap in care.That was American healthcare before identical twin brothers Fred Sadler, M.D., and Blair Sadler, J.D. started working together.In this fascinating episode of HarmonyTALK, host Lisa Champeau sits down with the pioneering physician-and-lawyer team behind some of the most transformative healthcare innovations of the last century.Their book, (P)Luck: Lessons We Learned for Improving Healthcare and the World, reads like a hidden history of modern medicine. One part policy thriller. One part leadership memoir. One part blueprint for how unlikely collaborations can reshape entire systems.Together, the Sadler brothers helped establish the legal foundations for organ donation, shaped the early Physician Assistant profession, contributed to the creation of Emergency Medical Services in the United States, and helped elevate bioethics into mainstream healthcare conversations.But this conversation is bigger than medicine.It is about what happens when expertise crosses disciplines. What happens when a doctor and a lawyer stop arguing across conference tables and start building solutions together.Lisa Champeau explores the brothers' remarkable journey through the chaos and reinvention of American healthcare during the 1960s and 1970s, the risks they took inside large institutions, and the leadership lessons they believe still matter today.For listeners who love hidden histories, systems thinking, public policy, innovation, and stories about people quietly shaping the world behind the scenes, this episode delivers a remarkable deep dive into how modern healthcare was built.

The U.S. is facing a steep healthcare worker shortage. A 2025 federal analysis projected that by 2038, 30 out of 35 physician specialties will be hurting for practitioners, with over 140,000 roles left unfilled. And for nurses, that shortage is projected to be over 108,000.And last week, 25 states plus the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education over new federal student loan limits on graduate degrees. Those caps apply to programs that could graduate workers into these threatened health care fields.But Education Secretary Linda McMahon says these worries are overblown and that these new rules aim to force colleges to lower tuition rates.So, what do these changes really mean for the future of our healthcare workforce in the U.S.?Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

In this podcast episode ... Half of American adults are struggling to afford healthcare and meanwhile legislators are passing no meaningful reforms to address the issue. We talk to an organization that says its not due to a lack of solutions but concerns of getting those solutions wrong.

The creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 enabled millions of Americans to meaningfully access healthcare for the first time — and dramatically increased demand for doctors. The passage of the Hart-Celler Immigration and Nationality Act a few months later enabled tens of thousands of immigrant physicians to migrate to the US. Since then, immigrant physicians have comprised between 25 — 40% of the physician workforce. Our guest on this episode is Professor Eram Alam, associate professor of history at Harvard. Alam specializes in the history of medicine, race, migration, and health during the twentieth century. In 2025, she published The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare.Over the course of our conversation, Professor Alam traces the legal, economic, and geopolitical factors that led to the US depending on immigrant physicians to care for many of the country's most vulnerable populations. We explore how American attitudes toward immigration have shifted over time and how the current state of politics has created a jarring disconnect: many patients depend on care from immigrant physicians and yet continue to view immigrants as un-American. Finally, Professor Alam reminds us how remembering everyone feels a little out of place, can help us see the person in front of us more fully. In this episode, you'll hear about: 3:00 - Dr. Alam's work as a professor and historian of healthcare and medicine7:30 - The background for Dr. Alam's book The Care of Foreigners. 13:00 - The story behind the 1965 legislation that led to the mass employment of physician immigrants in the US22:10 - How the role of immigrant physicians in the US healthcare system complicates the idea of meritocracy in medicine29:00 - The ways in which US immigration policy has changed the experience for foreign-born doctors over time 33:45 - Dr. Alam's view of how current immigration crackdowns fit into the larger historical narrative of US immigration 45:36 - How dehumanizing political rhetoric surrounding immigrants can blind us to the humanity of those who care for us53:26 - The unifying power in acknowledging discomfort in ourselves and othersIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review our show, available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you know of a doctor, patient, or anyone working in health care who would love to explore meaning in medicine with us on the show, feel free to leave a suggestion in the comments or send an email to info@thedoctorsart.com.Copyright The Doctor's Art Podcast 2026

Dr. Sandy Chung never planned to become a doctor. She grew up in a trailer park, on Medicaid, the daughter of Chinese immigrants who couldn't get professional jobs in the U.S. despite their advanced degrees. Her mom sold clothes in a factory. Her dad was a waiter before the family eventually opened a Chinese restaurant. And in the fourth grade, standing at a bus stop trying to figure out what to be when she grew up, the mother of one of her friends — who turned out to be an OR nurse — told her: "Sandy, you should become a doctor." That single sentence redirected her entire life. Today, Dr. Sandy Chung is the past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the founder of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP) — now a $15 million state-funded program that has handled over 13,000 consult calls — and the founder of Trusted Care Foundation, a nonprofit she built to match college students to careers across the healthcare ecosystem. In this episode of Inspiring Women, host Laurie McGraw sits down with Dr. Chung to talk about how a single tragic case in 2017 — a 14-year-old patient with bipolar disorder who couldn't access his psychiatrist in time, ran out of his medication, and ended up taking another person's life in a parking lot fight — became the inflection point for a program that now exists to make sure no family ever falls through that crack again. They discuss: Why 1 in 5 people have a diagnosable mental health condition — and why the national shortage of child psychiatrists will not be solved by training more child psychiatrists The patient case from 2017 that exposed every system failure in pediatric mental health, and how Dr. Chung turned grief into the model that became VMAP Why pediatricians were taught to refer mental health cases out — and why that model has completely broken down in an era of six-month wait lists How VMAP trains primary care clinicians, gives them a specialist consult line, and connects families to care navigators — and how it expanded to cover autism diagnosis and maternal mental health Why independent physician practices matter, why the financial pressure on them is unprecedented, and what we lose when every doctor becomes an employee How growing up working in her parents' Chinese restaurant taught Dr. Chung the business skills most physicians never learn Why she founded Trusted Care Foundation to expose college students to the full range of careers inside healthcare — beyond the five jobs most kids think exist Her three rules for the next generation of women leaders: always be curious, never say no, and always assume it will work Dr. Sandy Chung is proof that the largest systems in American healthcare can be reshaped by one physician who refuses to accept that this is just how things are.

Part Two of our April double feature: Don't Die takes on influencers, Counting Crows, a lil band called Febuary, Tito Ortiz, Huntington Beach, Great White Sharks, Bob walking out of his MRI, the American Health Care nightmare and uniting regular Americans against our real enemies

In part two, William Frist, MD, outlines a rural health strategy that meets people where they are, a plan that draws on community health workers, cultural literacy, and hybrid care models that blend local touch with technology. He underscores the social determinants of health, such as environment, behavior and equity. Dr. Frist also connects climate and biodiversity loss to day-to-day health, explaining how it can impact the heart, lungs and mental well-being. Keeping the discussion focused on the personal, he details actions anyone can take that have a broad-ranging impact. Finally, he explains his investment approach at Frist Cressey Ventures, which backs health services companies that close care gaps in areas such as home-based care and palliative care; these projects have the potential for strong ROI and faster impact than government-led efforts.   Northwell is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals, 890 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We're making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. Get the latest news and insights from our experts in the Northwell Newsroom: Press releases Insights Podcasts Publications Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit our career site and explore our many opportunities. Watch episodes of 20-Minute Health Talk on YouTube.  For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn.

In part one of this two-part episode, William Frist, MD, and host Chethan Sathya, MD, discuss Dr. Frist's unlikely arc from heart and lung transplant pioneer to U.S. Senate Majority Leader to global conservation advocate. Dr. Frist explains how scientific curiosity and a problem-solving mindset led him from “healing one-on-one” to impact at scale through public policy. He also explores the modern trust gap in public health and institutions, the echo chambers amplified by social media and the clinician's unique responsibility to rebuild credibility through empathy, evidence and alignment. Dr. Frist's optimism is grounded in experience: He recounts the creation and success of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — PEPFAR — a program that has helped keep 26 million people alive and, just as importantly, built durable health infrastructure and democratic transparency across scores of countries. Northwell is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals, 890 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We're making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. Get the latest news and insights from our experts in the Northwell Newsroom: Press releases Insights Podcasts Publications Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit our career site and explore our many opportunities. Watch episodes of 20-Minute Health Talk on YouTube.  For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn.

Canada needs healthcare workers, but there just aren't enough of them in the country. So they've amped up their efforts to recruit medical professionals from other countries, especially the United States. And Canada is seeing quite a bit of success. Last year, the British Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons reported licensing three times the number of American physicians than they had the year before. One person trying to recruit Americans to work in Canada is Tod Maffin. Tod is a former national CBC radio host and producer. He now runs a newsletter and podcast called Mirror Falls. And he's one of the organizers of the Nanaimo Healthcare Infusion this weekend. Guest: Tod Maffin, former national CBC radio host and producer. He now runs a newsletter and podcast called Mirror Falls Relevant Links: KUOW: US healthcare workers encouraged to consider the charms of Canada Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“It's ultra stable. Health care doesn't move. If you biopsied American health care in 2010 and again in 2026, no one could figure out which slide was which.” — Robert Pearl, MDBad news. The patient, I'm afraid, is ultra-stable. Robert Pearl, former CEO of Kaiser Permanente for eighteen years and author of ChatGPT MD, returns with the bleakest diagnosis we've heard all month. American healthcare, Dr Pearl says, is “ultra stable.” That might sound good. But it's actually very very bad.If you biopsied American healthcare in 2010 and again in 2026, Pearl says, no clinician could tell the slides apart. Both were and are overpriced. Both underperforming. Hospitals still represent between 30-35% of expenses. Costs continue to rise at between 7-9% a year. There remain four hundred thousand misdiagnosis deaths annually. Burnout is stuck at 50%. The numbers haven't moved in fifteen years.Meanwhile, a stealth revolution is already underway. 40% of Americans use generative AI every month for medical questions. 70-80% of physicians use it weekly. While the patients and doctors have moved, the system hasn't. It remains ultra-stable. It's a Kodak moment — healthcare's business model, Pearl suggests, is selling sickness. So, for example, the new new medical thing is GLP-1 drugs that cost $5 to manufacture and sell for $400.So will the system collapse? No, Pearl insists. It has too much strength for that kind of drama. Instead, it will quietly ration us to death — more chronic disease, earlier deaths, more people making a major sacrifice to pay their healthcare bills. Ultra-stability, then, is what is killing the American healthcare system. It will, quite literally, ration us to death. Five Takeaways•       Ultra Stable: Pearl's diagnosis of American healthcare in one phrase. Hospitals stay at thirty to thirty-five per cent of total expenses. Costs rise at seven to nine per cent annually. Life expectancy hasn't budged. Four hundred thousand misdiagnosis deaths a year. Burnout at fifty per cent. Biopsy 2010 and 2026 — no one could tell the slides apart. Both overpriced. Both underperforming.•       The Stealth Revolution Has Already Happened: Forty per cent of Americans use generative AI every month for medical questions. Seventy to eighty per cent of physicians use it weekly. The patients and doctors have moved. The system hasn't. It's a Kodak moment — they had the first filmless camera and let it die because their business model was selling film. Healthcare's business model is selling sickness.•       Quietly Rationed to Death: There will be no dramatic collapse. The system has too much strength for that. Instead: rationing, more chronic disease, earlier deaths. Like airlines moving everyone into first class while the rest drive. Twenty-five per cent of Americans already made a major sacrifice to pay healthcare bills last year. When it hits fifty per cent, maybe the polling places will notice. Pearl is doubtful.•       GLP-1s Cost $5 to Make and $400 to Buy: Yale's analysis: the manufacturing cost of a GLP-1 drug is $5 a month. They sell at a discounted price of $400. That's eighty times markup. Pearl's math: to make GLP-1s cost-neutral against the medical savings, the price has to be under $200. Trump Rx won't help most people because you can't use insurance there and $400 cash is still impossible on $60,000 a year.•       Vibe Coding Is the Prescription: One year old. Lets clinicians build software in plain English without code. Pearl's example: a heart failure patient at home, weighed daily on a Bluetooth scale, with an electronic stethoscope, ankle video, blood oxygen, exercise tolerance — all in an app a doctor could build in a weekend. Three days of fluid retention caught before the ICU admission. Cost: twenty dollars a month. The fix has arrived. The system isn't using it. About the GuestBeverly Gage is the John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History and American Studies at Yale. She is the author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, and This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through US History. She is currently at work on a biography of Ronald Reagan.References:•       This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through US History by Beverly Gage.•       G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage — the Pulitzer-winning biography.•       Episode 2859: Stop, Don't Do That — Peter Edelman on Bobby Kennedy and the heart of America. The companion conversation.About Keen On AmericaNobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,800 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting.WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotify Chapters:(00:31) - Introduction: AI and the American healthcare sector (01:47) - ChatGPT MD: chronic disease and the trillion-dollar opportunity (04:50) - The stealth revolution: 40% of patients, 80% of doctors (06:53) - Ultra stability: the 2010-vs-2026 biopsy (09:50) - Three years of generative AI and counting (11:13) - Will the system collapse? No — it will quietly ration (13:33) - The drip-drip of preventable deaths (16:08) - GLP-1 drugs: $5 to make, $400 to buy (18:23) - Vibe coding enters the conversation (21:22) - Will AI replace clinicians? (28:08) - Trump Rx and why it won't help most people (30:41) - RFK Jr., vaccines, and the war on science (33:23) - The midterms as the political reckoning (35:29) - The three-step fix: capitation, transition, capital (39:48) - Vibe coding and the heart failure example

The American Healthcare system is the topic du jour in this latest episode of the Say Report as your host-companions take the time to share their recent experiences with healthcare professionals and even hope to import some knowledge about PharmDs and how they can help with a person's personal journey with medication. Then we dive deeper into Resident Evil as a series with Sejohn's completion of the ninth installment and share our hopes and dreams for the future of the franchiseSticking with the topic of gaming we take a quick glance at the indie titles Devon found himself playing with roguelite coin pusher “Raccoin” and the action exploration “Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland”  Finally we share our plans for handling the Super Mario Galaxy Movie on the heels of a brief discussion about 2015's Hitman: Agent 47

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Gil Bashe, author of Healing the Sick Care System, about why the US healthcare system is failing the very people it is meant to serve.Bashe argues that the problem isn't a lack of innovation or investment, but a system that has drifted away from empathy, human connection and patient-centered care. We discuss the growing disconnect between physicians, insurers, hospitals, and patients, the pressures that turn medical encounters into brief transactions, and how this fragmentation contributes to rising costs, declining trust, doctor burnout and patients who feel left behind. The conversation also explores medical debt, the prevention gap in U.S. healthcare spending, the impact of poverty on health outcomes, and the unintended consequences of overspecialization.Bashe shares why he believes the future of healthcare must focus on empathy, collaboration, prevention, and measurable patient outcomes. Gil Bashe is Chair Global Health and Purpose at FINN Partners. Keep Causes or Cures Ad-Free with Listener SupportYou can contact Dr. Eeks at bloomingwellness.com.Follow Eeks on Instagram here.Follow Public Health is WeirdOr Facebook here.Or X.On Youtube.Or TikTok.SUBSCRIBE to her WEEKLY newsletter here!Support the show

America spends nearly double what the fourth-ranked country spends on healthcare per capita — and still ranks among the worst in outcomes. So what exactly are we paying for? In this episode of the Experiencing Healthcare Podcast, Jamie Preston and Your Health CEO Matt Staub examine what happens when healthcare gets treated like gasoline: something people expect to be available, can't easily compare on quality, and ultimately choose based on price or convenience. When brand and price stop mattering, the only differentiator left is how patients are made to feel — and whether they trust the person across from them enough to actually change. What you'll hear in this episode: Why Matt ranks service above outcomes and access — and the patient story that changed how he thinks about both The "Chick-fil-A problem": how your healthcare experience is now being compared to your best service experience anywhere, not just the clinic down the street What provider burnout really looks like when a clinician closes their notes at 11pm wondering if their patient listened How insurance billing creates distrust that bleeds directly into the patient-provider relationship — and what healthcare organizations can do about it Why the most caring thing a doctor can do sometimes feels like the worst customer service in the room If you've ever felt like a number in a waiting room — or if you've ever been the one trying to help someone who wouldn't listen — this conversation will stay with you. Press play.

Explore the persistent racial biases in American healthcare with Dr. Gail Joseph, an OB-GYN dedicated to improving Black women's health. This episode uncovers the historical and ongoing disparities affecting diagnoses and treatment, from misdiagnosis to inadequate pain management. Dr. Joseph shares compelling stories and strategies for change, emphasizing the importance of cultural competence and racial bias training.Whether you're a healthcare provider, a Black woman navigating the system, or an ally, this conversation offers crucial insights and actionable steps to combat inequity. Join us to understand the past, address the present, and build a more equitable future in healthcare.

What if employers just stopped offering healthcare benefits to their employees? Could that happen? If the astronomical cost of healthcare keeps expanding, some employers will have no choice. That's where our guest this week comes in. Shawn Gremminger is the President and CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. His organization works with regional coalitions of employers to help them advance health policy, leverage their collective power, and drive market change. In this episode, we talk about some examples of what that looks like in real time and how things like direct contracting may help employers continue to offer benefits while staying in business.  Known for his wide-ranging policy expertise, and government relations experience, Shawn brings to the National Alliance a successful record of working with coalitions, employers and other healthcare purchasers, policymakers, and industry stakeholders toward the mission of achieving high-quality, affordable, equitable healthcare. He began his career as a lobbyist for the Children's Hospital Association and has since held senior leadership roles at Families USA and America's Essential Hospitals.

Dr. Terry Mulligan, an emergency physician and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, joins Nestor to discuss the documentary "Suck It Up Buttercup" about physician burnout and corporate greed in the U.S. healthcare system. Screening at The Senator Theatre on March 19, Mulligan discusses the film that criticizes the current system, which prioritizes profit over patient care, and advocates for a more cooperative, equitable system. The post Dr. Terry Mulligan gives Nestor the cure for American health care in discussing Suck It Up Buttercup first appeared on Baltimore Positive WNST.

HEADLINE: The Historical Roots of High Healthcare Costs GUEST: Veronique De Rugy The high cost of American healthcare is traced back to a 1920s tax code decision that exempted employer-provided health benefits from taxation. This "accidental" policy skewed the market toward insurance provided by employers or the government rather than an individual market. Consequently, the individual insurance market remains small and expensive, contributing to the United States having the most expensive healthcare system on the planet. (10)1919

### HEADLINE: THE TAX CODE ORIGINS OF HIGH AMERICAN HEALTHCARE COSTS SUMMARY:Veronique de Rugy traces modern healthcare expenses to a 1920s tax error and advocates for health savings accounts to restore consumer control and transparency. GUEST: Veronique de Rugy NUMBER: 13 (13)NOVEMBER 1899

“We should all be able to look at the numbers and agree that this is not sustainable and that whatever we've been doing is not working. Democrats have had their chance, and Republicans have had their chance, and it's only gotten worse.” — Halle TeccoWarren Buffett called America's healthcare costs “a hungry tapeworm on the American economy.” That tapeworm now devours nearly a fifth of the nation's GDP—and the patient, as always, is on the table. We dedicate today's show to this most perennial of all America's problems, with two guests and two new books that approach the tragi-comedy from different angles.Self-styled innovation wonk Halle Tecco—founder of Rock Health, investor in over fifty digital health companies, professor at Columbia Business School—argues in Massively Better Healthcare that the system is both excessively public and excessively private, a Kafkaesque bureaucracy in which verticalized health plans now own the PBMs, the pharmacies, and increasingly the doctors. The result is monopoly medicine on a scale that would have appalled the original trust-busters.This is ultimately an antitrust story. As we've discussed on the show with Tim Wu, Biden's chief antitrust enforcer, the concentration of corporate power is the great unfinished business of American democracy. Tecco makes the case that Big Med is where the trust busters should go next after Big Tech. UnitedHealth is now one of the largest employers of doctors in the country. So it wasn't exactly shocking when the UnitedHealth CEO was assassinated two years ago. The system isn't broken, Tecco suggests. It's working exactly as designed—just not for patients.Surgeon Robin Blackstone, MD, author of Doctor AI: Reimagining Health. Rebuilding Trust. Delivering Health 4.0, joins us in the second half of the show to offer a view from the front lines. After 30 years as a surgeon, Blackstone confirms everything Tecco diagnoses—and adds a chilling detail of her own: the system is priced entirely for fixing illness, not preventing it. Her prescription is a “triangle of trust” between patient, physician, and AI—with the patient finally owning their own data.Both agree on one thing: every dollar spent on public health saves $14.30 in medical and societal costs. We are all already paying for all the waste. We just need to fix Big Med. But who's going to do it? Tecco says that America is ready for another round of Obamacare politics. But I'm not so sure. Five Takeaways•       Healthcare Is a Tale of Two Civilizations: If you're wealthy, you go to UCSF and get the best care in the world. If you're not, you're one of the 100 million Americans without a regular primary care provider. Healthcare debt is the number one cause of bankruptcy. A person earning $30,000 in a rural county can expect to live a full decade less than someone earning $100,000 in an affluent suburb.•       The Real Winners Are Monopoly Medicine: Verticalized health plans now own the PBMs, the pharmacies, and increasingly the providers. The ACA's profit cap forced them to grow the pie instead of getting more efficient. United is now one of the largest employers of doctors in the country. Independent pharmacies are closing at the rate of one per day. Rite Aid is bankrupt—the only major chain not owned by a health plan.•       Every $1 in Public Health Saves $14.30: We're already paying for the crisis—in emergency room visits, lost productivity, and disability. We just need to move the safety net upstream. Public health is the only part of the system designed for prevention, yet its share of total health spending has dropped 25% in two decades. The economic case is overwhelming. The political will is not.•       AI Could Break the Information Asymmetry: Patients are already using ChatGPT to diagnose themselves—and sometimes it's saving their lives. One woman caught her own pneumonia because her doctor couldn't see her for a week. But some doctors want to keep the paternalism: one AI tool built on medical journals is restricted to clinicians only because making it available to patients would “piss off the doctors.”•       The System Is Priced for Rescue, Not Health: Everything is loaded to the moment your gallbladder goes bad or your heart gets a blockage. Prevention doesn't get paid for. Both guests agree: we need a massive re-pricing that rewards keeping people healthy, not just treating them when they're sick. That means paying doctors to prevent strokes, not just to fix them. About the GuestsHalle Tecco is the founder of the venture fund Rock Health and an investor in more than fifty digital health companies. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and a course director at Harvard Medical School. Her new book is Massively Better Healthcare: The Innovator's Guide to Tackling Healthcare's Biggest Challenges (Columbia University Press).Robin Blackstone, MD, is a physician, health systems architect, and founder of Blackstone Health. A surgeon by training with 30 years of clinical experience, she is the author of Doctor AI: Reimagining Health. Rebuilding Trust. Delivering Health 4.0.ReferencesPrevious Keen On episodes and authors mentioned:•       Robert Pearl on how AI will be monetized in the healthcare industry•       Tim Wu on the extractive economics of platform capitalism•       Zeke Emanuel on which country has the world's best healthcare•       Warren Buffett on healthcare costs as “a hungry tapeworm on the American economy”About Keen On AmericaNobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States—hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,800 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting.WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple Podcasts

What if the most expensive healthcare decisions aren't made in the boardroom — but in the exam room, when the wrong infection gets treated with the wrong antibiotic? In this episode of the Your Health University, Podcast, Jamie sits down with Madison Browning, a registered nurse in urology at Your Health, to talk about what proper urological care actually looks like, why it matters far beyond the individual patient, and how a strong, collaborative provider team is the difference between a patient thriving and a patient stuck in a revolving door of emergency room visits. What you'll hear in this episode: Why getting a UTI diagnosis right the first time has massive implications for patient health and system costs The role nurse practitioners play in specialized urology care — and why their expertise is often underestimated How the team-based model at Your Health empowers every provider to collaborate and deliver better outcomes The direct connection between outpatient urology care and reduced hospital stays, ER visits, and downstream Medicare and tax costs Madison's genuine gratitude for the team around her — and what it looks like when a healthcare culture actually works If you've ever wondered whether the healthcare system could do better — this episode is proof that it already is, one patient at a time. www.YourHealth.Org

How do we fix the American healthcare system? On this episode of Bold Names, we ask David Cordani, the chairman and CEO of one of America's biggest health insurers – the Cigna Group. He says rising healthcare costs are driven by two powerful forces: growing demand for care and increasingly expensive new drugs and treatments. But Cordani is still optimistic. He joins WSJ's Tim Higgins and David Wainer to explain what role insurers play in bringing down costs and how the U.S. can make healthcare more affordable. To watch the video version of this episode, visit our WSJ Podcasts YouTube channel or the video page of WSJ.com. Check Out Past Episodes: Inside Visa's Tech-Charged Future: From Crypto to AI This Company Has a Plan to Beat Neuralink at the Brain-Computer Interface Game What This Former USAID Head Had to Say About Elon Musk and DOGE Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Read Tim Higgins's column. Read David Wainer's column. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Marschall Runge, University of Michigan Medical School Professor and author of “The Great Healthcare Disruption: Big Tech, Bold Policy, and the Future of American Medicine,” about the ways the American Healthcare system is changing - and needs to change - for the future. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft discusses some of the latest developments for early cancer screening.

 In this episode, Dr. Marschall Runge, former CEO of Michigan Medicine and author of “The Great Healthcare Disruption: Big Tech, Bold Policy, and the Future of American Medicine”, shares insights on the strengths and pressure points of U.S. healthcare. He discusses access, primary care, AI, workforce challenges, and what it will take to improve health and longevity in the years ahead.

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This episode is a blunt, no-apologies examination of why healthcare feels expensive, impersonal, and broken—because it is operating exactly as designed. Tim argues that the system thrives on fear, inflated pricing, and the removal of consumer agency. From end-of-life care to insurance “psyops,” the conversation highlights how divorcing patients from cost, choice, and responsibility fuels inefficiency and moral hazard. The episode closes with a clear message: you don't fix this system from inside it—you opt out where you can, take ownership of your health, and stop feeding the machine.GET SOCIAL WITH US!

Whoo BOY! This week's episode is packed with info and stats. How did the US healthcare system get so expensive and complicated? Is it still better than some form of universal care? Throwing a lot of history and stats at you today, and comparing our model to the healthcare models of some other countries to show that there are other ways. Ways far cheaper for the average citizen that work as well as ours. So... why don't we change? Merch and more: www.badmagicproductions.com Timesuck Discord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89vWant to join the Cult of the Curious PrivateFacebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :)For all merch-related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste)Please rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcastWanna become a Space Lizard? Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast.Sign up through Patreon, and for $5 a month, you get access to the entire Secret Suck catalog (295 episodes) PLUS the entire catalog of Timesuck, AD FREE. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode turns the microphone toward Gil Bashe, host of Health UnaBASHEd, to discuss Gil's soon to be released (est. December 2025) book titled ""Healing the Sick Care System: Why People Matter - Gil Bashe on Restoring Humanity, Trust, and Mission to American Healthcare"". Executive producer and occasional co-host Gregg Masters interviews Gil in a deeply personal conversation about the state of American healthcare, the importance of human-centered care, and what we can learn from Gil's lifelong journey in medicine, policy, advocacy, and spiritual leadership. KEY TOPICS: • Why the U.S. healthcare system struggles • Hyper-specialization and loss of whole-person care • Innovation without access • Patients caught in systemic gaps • Gil's life journey — combat medic, advocate, CEO, rabbi To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

As 2025 comes to a close, we reflect on the state of American health care and how decisions made in congressional chambers trickle down to exam rooms.

As 2025 comes to a close, we're flashing back to one of the year's most listened-to episodes of Fixing Healthcare. This week, a special reading from Dr. Robert Pearl's bestselling book “ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine.” This encore episode includes audio from Chapter 11, titled “The Road to AI-Empowered Healthcare,” followed by Chapter 11.5, a bold and thought-provoking response written by ChatGPT itself. Together, these chapters offer a vision of the future that, as Jeremy Corr notes, is “analogous to looking at a baby and trying to describe the adult who will follow.” Looking back, it's striking how prescient both the human author and large language model turned out to be. Their commentary on the economic, political and cultural roadblocks to AI adoption feels more timely than ever, especially amid today's headlines. In Chapter 11, Pearl lays out the promise of Healthcare 4.0, a future in which generative AI empowers patients and doctors alike to reduce inefficiencies, improve care and reclaim the human side of medicine. Chapter 11.5, penned by ChatGPT, offers a clear-eyed critique, cautioning against overreliance on tech and warning that change requires more than just innovation. It demands leadership. This flashback offers listeners a rare opportunity to hear a dialogue (human and machine) on what it will take to transform American medicine. HELPFUL LINKS ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine (Amazon) A list of Malcolm Gladwell's 25 book recommendations (link) Robert Pearl's Monthly Musings on American Healthcare newsletter (link) * * * Fixing Healthcare is a co-production of Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr. Subscribe to the show via Apple Podcasts or wherever you find podcasts. Join the conversation or suggest a guest by following the show on Twitter and LinkedIn. The post FHC #199: Revisiting ‘The road to AI-empowered healthcare' from ChatGPT, MD appeared first on Fixing Healthcare.

Welcome to another episode of the Legal Nurse Podcast, where healthcare, technology, and the law come together. In this episode, Pat Iyer is joined by Dr. Robert Pearl, a plastic surgeon, author, and former CEO of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, to discuss how generative AI is shaping healthcare today. Dr. Robert Pearl, who teaches at Stanford and wrote ChatGPT MD: How AI Helped Patients and Doctors Take Back Control of American Medicine, shares insights drawn from decades of leadership in large medical systems and his interest in emerging technology. Pat Iyer and Robert Pearl explain what sets generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude apart from earlier artificial intelligence systems. They discuss how these tools are being used by clinicians to support diagnosis, patient monitoring, and treatment decisions, while also helping patients play a more active role in their care worldwide. The conversation also covers key concerns, including the reliability of AI-generated information, the danger of depending too heavily on technology, and the need for clinicians and patients to work together when using these tools to support good medical decisions. This episode is useful for legal nurse consultants, healthcare professionals, and anyone curious about how technology is influencing modern medicine. It offers practical perspectives on current uses, ethical questions, and what may lie ahead for AI in healthcare. What you'll learn in this episode on Navigating AI in Medicine: Opportunities, Risks, and Real-Life Applications Here are five intriguing questions that this podcast episode answers: What is generative AI, and how does it differ from earlier artificial intelligence used in healthcare? How are physicians and clinicians using generative AI to support diagnosis and patient care today? What risks exist when relying on generative AI for medical guidance, and how can those risks be reduced? How can generative AI help with time limitations and workload pressures faced by healthcare providers? How could generative AI change the management of chronic conditions and improve healthcare outcomes worldwide? Listen to our podcasts or watch them using our app, Expert.edu, available at legalnursebusiness.com/expertedu. Get the free transcripts and also learn about other ways to subscribe. Go to Legal Nurse Podcasts subscribe options by using this short link: http://LNC.tips/subscribepodcast. Grow Your LNC Business 13th LNC SUCCESS® ONLINE CONFERENCE April 23, 24, and 25, 2026 Skills, Strategy, Results Gain deposition mastery, marketing confidence, and clinical–legal insight from industry leaders you can apply to your next case and client call. Build a Practice Attorneys Remember Learn exactly how to showcase expertise, attract referrals, and turn complex medical records into clear, defensible stories that win trust. Learn From the Best—Then Ask Them Anything Get step-by-step training, live “hot seat” solutions, and exclusive VIP Q&A time with Pat Iyer to accelerate your LNC growth. Register now- Limited spots available Your Presenters for Navigating AI in Medicine: Opportunities, Risks, and Real-Life Applications Pat Iyer Pat Iyer is a seasoned legal nurse consultant and business coach renowned for her expertise in guiding new legal nurse consultants to successfully break into the field. As the host of the Legal Nurse Podcast, Pat addresses critical challenges that legal nurse consultants face, such as difficulty in landing clients and lack of response from attorneys. Through her insightful episodes, she emphasizes the importance of effectively communicating one's value to potential clients. With a wealth of experience, Pat has empowered countless consultants to overcome these hurdles and thrive in their careers. Connect with Pat Iyer by email at patiyer@legalnusebusiness.com Robert Pearl Dr. Robert Pearl served as CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and Co-CEO for Kaiser Permanente for 18 years. During his tenure, he led 22,000 physicians and 103,000 staff, overseeing the nationally acclaimed care of more than 10 million Kaiser Permanente members on the east and west coasts. Named one of Modern Healthcare's 50 most influential physician leaders, Pearl is an advocate for the power of integrated, prepaid, technologically advanced and physician-led healthcare delivery. More than 80,000 readers subscribe to his newsletters on healthcare, including his widely read Monthly Musings on American Healthcare. Connect with Robert Pearl by email at DrRobertPearl@gmail.com

Looking 4 Healing Radio with Dr. Benjamin Benulis – Dr. Ben emphasizes that this is not about bad people. The system is made up of countless well-intentioned doctors, nurses, practitioners, administrators, and technicians — each performing a small role within a massive machine. Because the harm is externalized, most people inside the system genuinely believe they are helping...

Looking 4 Healing Radio with Dr. Benjamin Benulis – Dr. Ben emphasizes that this is not about bad people. The system is made up of countless well-intentioned doctors, nurses, practitioners, administrators, and technicians — each performing a small role within a massive machine. Because the harm is externalized, most people inside the system genuinely believe they are helping...

If you find a doctor you trust, follow Dr. Kowey's advice: "hang on because they're not common people".In this candid conversation, Brigitte Cutshall welcomes Dr. Peter Kowey, cardiologist and author of "Failure to Treat", to discuss the deteriorating state of American healthcare. He has four decades of experience, reveals why the U.S. healthcare system is failing patients and doctors alike—and how we can reclaim the path to true healing.Dr. Kowey explores critical issues, including the shortage of primary care doctors, the burden on emergency rooms, the erosion of doctor-patient trust, and how financial pressures can compromise medical decision-making.Three Key Takeaways:(1) The primary care crisis is destroying healthcare foundations.(2) Trust and time are essential for healing.(3) Patients must become informed advocate.Visit https://peterkoweyauthor.com to learn more about Dr. Kowey's work and his book "Failure to Treat." For more authentic conversations on wellness, subscribe to Real Things Living.

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We know that healthcare is broken, but how, exactly? And why is it that nothing seems to be helping? Well, as Chris Deacon says in this honest, open interview, “Until ...

PREVIEW — Joseph Sternberg — Contrasting U.S. Healthcare Innovation with European Availability Issues. Sternberg argues that while the American healthcare system suffers from significant financing inefficiencies and administrative complexity, the overall quality and availability of care remain "phenomenal" compared to Europeanhealthcare systems characterized by chronic access limitations and supply constraints. Sternberg documents that Europeconfronts a profound availability problem wherein healthcare resources are insufficient to meet aggregate patient demand, necessitating systematic rationing through extended wait times and treatment delays. Sternberg argues that Europeanpolicymakers must fundamentally reconsider resource allocation strategies to encourage innovation essential for generating superior economic and health outcomes supporting aging populations facing escalating chronic disease burdens. 1863 CHANCELORSVILLE HOSPITAL 

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Terry Wilcox, co-founder of Patients Rising and advisor to the new health policy group Fund the Patient, joins the show to discuss solutions for America's broken healthcare system. Wilcox emphasizes the importance of patient-focused policies and argues that listening to President Trump's healthcare initiatives could help restore affordability, access, and choice for millions of Americans. The conversation dives into why current policies fail patients and how reform can truly put Americans first.

A nation's promise to those who served becomes a lesson in how health care can truly heal. In this special Veterans Day episode, Dr. David Shulkin, the ninth Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the Trump Administration and VA's Under Secretary of Health in the Obama Administration, talks about the mission, history, and transformation of the Veterans Health Administration, one of the nation's largest and most innovative health systems. He shares how his time leading the VA changed his perspective on what effective, compassionate care looks like, highlighting the system's holistic, population-based approach and its groundbreaking medical research. Dr. Shulkin also reflects on the challenges of government service, the importance of protecting the VA from privatization, and his continued advocacy for veterans and the workforce that serves them. Tune in to hear how the VA's model offers vital lessons for the future of American health care! Resources: Connect with and follow Dr. David Shulkin on LinkedIn. Get a copy of Dr. Shulkin's book, It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Government, Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans, here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's always interesting when your podcast producer comes to you and says she thinks the innovations we're featuring are sort of boring. Not exactly what you want to hear, but ...

Today:We hear from listeners about the sticking issue of the government shutdown: healthcare costs.

In this episode, we delve into the heated Virginia governor's race between Abigail Spanberger and Winsome Earle-Sears. Join us as we dissect the fallout from a rocky debate performance, examine controversial comments made by Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones, and explore the implications for both candidates. We also feature insightful conversations with Congresswoman Erin Houchin on current political issues, Dr. Peter McCullough discussing health concerns, and Kelly Walker sharing his personal journey in advocating for parental rights.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Insights into the past, present and future of the crypto industry with Charles Hoskinson. Follow the podcast ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Input Output CEO and co-founder Charles Hoskinson sits down with CoinDesk for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of crypto and technology. He explains why he believes Ethereum is a "victim of its own success" and will not survive the next 10-15 years, and the "sleeping giant" of Bitcoin DeFi. Plus, his investments in revolutionizing the American healthcare system and bringing back extinct animals. - This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes. - Break the cycle of exploitation. Break down the barriers to truth. Break into the next generation of privacy. Break Free. Free to scroll without being monetized. Free from censorship. Freedom without fear. We deserve more when it comes to privacy. Experience the next generation of blockchain that is private and inclusive by design. Break free with Midnight, visit midnight.network/break-free - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Spotlight” is produced by Sam Ewen, Jennifer Sanasie, Taylor Fleming and Victor Chen.

Our healthcare system is broken—and it's not by accident. On this episode of The Dr. Hyman Show, I'm joined by Brigham Buhler, a former pharmaceutical rep turned healthcare entrepreneur, to explore how misaligned incentives across pharma, insurance, and government are undermining patient care.  This conversation is about more than just exposing the problem. It's about empowering individuals. Watch our full discussion on my YouTube channel here - https://youtu.be/062lululORA We discuss: • How hidden financial incentives could be affecting the care you receive • Why even well-meaning doctors may be limited in helping you heal—and what you can do about it • What to watch out for when navigating insurance, prescriptions, and denied claims • How you can prioritize prevention, even when it's not supported Navigating the healthcare system can be overwhelming, but your next step doesn't have to be. With the right insight, you can take back control and advocate for the care you deserve. View Show Notes From This Episode Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman https://drhyman.com/pages/picks?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast Sign Up for Dr. Hyman's Weekly Longevity Journal https://drhyman.com/pages/longevity?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast Join the 10-Day Detox to Reset Your Health https://drhyman.com/pages/10-day-detox Join the Hyman Hive for Expert Support and Real Results https://drhyman.com/pages/hyman-hive This episode is brought to you by Seed, BON CHARGE, Paleovalley, PerfectAmino and Big Bold Health. Visit seed.com/hyman and use code 25HYMAN for 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. Head to boncharge.com and use code DRMARK for 15% off your order. Get nutrient-dense, whole foods. Head to paleovalley.com/hyman for 15% off your first purchase. Go to bodyhealth.com and use code HYMAN20 for 20% off your first order. Get 30% off HTB Immune Energy Chews at bigboldhealth.com and use code DRMARK30.

America's health is in danger. We're not testing our food, water and drugs like we should. We're limiting access to vaccines. We aren't testing for covid or bird flu or any other communicable illness going around, and the people in charge of our health from the Administrator of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid to the Surgeon General are on a spectrum from quack science to anti science. On top of it all we have the MAHA movement on the rise with the power and financial grift of non-doctor, non-scientist RFK Jr. which will ultimately do the opposite of make America healthy. To discuss how much the group in charge of our health is actually bad for our health, we are joined today by Dr. Anahita Dua a cardiovascular surgeon, associate professor of surgery, and founder of Healthcare for Action. Great medical info, plus she's a riot! As always, if you find worth in what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You'll get this podcast ad free and it, and the the rants delivered directly to your inbox so even if we're shut out of social media, you'll still get access to the most highly researched, factual information available. Independent media needs your support now more than ever.   Go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thank you so much!  xoPG Guest social: https://www.healthcareforaction.com/           As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward!   All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl This episode is sponsored by… https://sundaysfordogs.com/politicsgirl code: politicsgirl DeleteMe - TEXT: politicsgirl to 64000 https://wildgrain.com/politicsgirl code: politicsgirl https://ground.news/politics