#019 - Tarik Sammour - Healthcare, Big Pharma, Inflation & Outcomes
The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2024
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Tarik Sammour is a colorectal surgeon specialising in advanced bowel cancer and has worked across various healthcare systems, including in Australia, New Zealand, and the US.
In this episode, we explore the complexities of modern healthcare systems and the impact of healthcare inflation on patient outcomes and accessibility. We get into the differences between public and private healthcare models, discussing the benefits and drawbacks of hybrid systems and the unique challenges of funding healthcare sustainably. Tarik shares his experiences with administrative burdens, rising costs, and the ethical dilemmas posed by pharmaceutical influence. We also discuss the broader societal issues, from obesity trends to the role of sound money, and the potential for a more balanced approach to healthcare.
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| 0:00.0 | Obesity rates in the US, for example, they shot up dramatically after the 1970s, and they haven't really come back down. |
| 0:05.8 | Now, I'm not going to blame CED all as anything like that. |
| 0:07.8 | That's not my argument. |
| 0:09.0 | My argument really is that we used to have low time preference because our money worked, and it incentivized us to save and think long term. |
| 0:18.2 | And one of the issues we have today is that we don't think long term. |
| 0:21.4 | We think very short term. And that creates all sorts of negative consequences. You know, you're more |
| 0:25.6 | likely to drink. You're more likely to smoke. You're more likely to eat unhealthily. You're more |
| 0:30.0 | likely to gamble. You're more likely to have all sorts of disorders as a result of the fact that |
| 0:34.3 | a lot of people are disillusioned with their own future. |
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| 1:28.3 | Hey, thanks for having me, Peter. Really good to be here. |
| 1:29.3 | Well, look, as you know, healthcare is a subject. |
| 1:33.3 | I'm really interested in, fascinated in, like, the design healthcare systems because, obviously, |
| 1:40.3 | I live in the UK. |
| 1:42.3 | British people historically love the NHS. |
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