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Episode 19 of deep dive$ explores the ugly, heartless world of medical costs and asks why we can’t be more like…every other developed country.
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Chapters
0:00 Living Reckless
1:34 America Is Care-Less
5:38 How It All Works
7:50 The Plans
10:04 Bell’s Palsy
12:18 The Heart of the Problem
13:28 The Way It Could Be
15:00 The Personal Cost
16:25 Conflicts Of Interest
21:56 How We Cope
24:02 What’s Product Hopping?
24:42 Pharmacy Benefit Managers
26:31 Fighting Back
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Sources
1. The Commonwealth Fund | U.S. Healthcare from a Global Perspective, 2022 | https://shorturl.at/oympp
2. Investopedia | How Much Does Health Insurance Cost? | https://shorturl.at/rCWB7
3. Employee Benefit Research Institute | Worker Satisfaction With Health Benefits Is Higher, but Costs Remain a Concern | https://shorturl.at/0yjGJ
4. KFF | Americans’ Challenges With Health Care Costs | https://shorturl.at/iZLgb
5. The Commonwealth Fund | International Health Care Profiles – France | https://shorturl.at/pLvQQ
6. Families USA | Insulin Shortages and the High Costs of Survival https://shorturl.at/ErbK3
7. Center for American Progress | How Big Pharma Reaps Profits While Hurting Everyday Americans | https://shorturl.at/85I4Z
8. National Library of Medicine | Big Pharma & Healthcare: Unsolvable Conflict https://shorturl.at/6E25P
9. The White House | Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Lower Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs by Promoting Competition https://shorturl.at/ZTNZw
10. Reuters | Prices for new US drugs rose 35% in 2023, more than the previous year https://shorturl.at/AIU7i
11. CDC | Adults Age 18-64 Who Did Not Take Medication As Prescribed to Reduce Costs https://shorturl.at/HCsp7
12. KFF | Public Opinion on Prescription Drugs and Their Prices https://shorturl.at/Jrt8O
13. Center for American Progress | Following the money: untangling US Prescription Drug Financing https://shorturl.at/DC61F
14. JAMA Network | Negotiating Drug Prices in the U.S. – Lessons From Europe https://shorturl.at/FnMSS
15. WBUR | Healthcare in the US is too expensive. There are three ways to fix it https://shorturl.at/Th5fB
16. USC Price | How To Improve Access to Health Care, Issues and Potential Solutions https://shorturl.at/Z7pVF
