This is the first in a two-part series about price transparency. In this episode, I will discuss price transparency as it relates to hospitals and other providers. In Part II, I will discuss the drug industry. In both podcasts,

Much debate pits a government-run health care system against the private insurance system. I believe we are seeing the development of a third option: The Market Option. More and more health care costs are being shifted to consumers in the form of High ...

Lots of talk is underway about breaking up the big tech companies because of their influence and size. Companies like Alphabet (parent company to Google and YouTube) and Facebook have an outsized impact on social media. The same is true in heath care,

The health care industry needs an activism movement. It needs outspoken, courageous individuals who will to act with their words and their wallet to bring about behavioral change. Given how unhealthy our population is – 70% of us are overweight,

Americans have long rhapsodized over our nation’s defining characteristics: freedom and equality. Yet these two ideas are actually contradictory when it comes to the design of health care policy. In this podcast,

Health care is one of the most important issues to Americans in the upcoming election cycle. The majority of Democratic candidates for president have been rallying around a Medicare-for-All idea. Does this mean they’ve abandoned the Affordable Care Act...

Billionaire Robert F. Smith’s commitment to pay off the student loans for the graduating class of Morehead College was a bold philanthropic gesture because it was direct and efficient. Yet as magnanimous as Smith’s gift is,

Talking about hospitals doesn’t have the pizzazz of cutting-edge concepts like blockchain or artificial intelligence. But we have to talk more about hospitals because they spend a lot of money. About one out of every three dollars in health care is spe...

Talking about hospitals doesn’t have the pizzazz of cutting-edge concepts like blockchain or artificial intelligence. But we have to talk more about hospitals because they spend a lot of money. About one out of every three dollars in health care is spe...

Genetic testing has exploded on the consumer market, and advancements in genetic science are offering seismic changes to how we view our health status. But just how accurate are genetic tests? What are the pitfalls to commercializing this relatively ne...