333. The Most Ambitious Thing Humans Have Ever Attempted

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🗓️ 26 April 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Sure, medical progress has been astounding. But today the U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other country, with so-so outcomes. Atul Gawande — cancer surgeon, public-health researcher, and best-selling author — has some simple ideas for treating a painfully complex system.

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0:00.0	Healthcare is obviously a big deal.
0:06.1	Medical treatment per se, but also the healthcare industry and access to it.
0:10.5	Also the politics and the economics of healthcare.
0:13.7	In the U.S., we spend more money on healthcare per capita than any other country.
0:18.1	It totals about 18% of our GDP.
0:21.4	And yet, our health outcomes aren't anywhere near the top.
0:25.3	Why not?
0:26.3	Well, there are a lot of reasons.
0:29.0	Many of which we've already looked into on this show.
0:31.9	In episodes like, how do we know what really works in healthcare and in our three-part
0:37.0	series called Bad Medicine?
0:39.1	Today, we are taking a far simpler approach to exploring the state of healthcare and
0:43.6	its assorted conundrums.
0:45.1	Today, we're just having a conversation with a doctor.
0:48.9	A doctor in Boston.
0:50.3	But not just any doctor.
0:52.8	Okay.
0:53.8	I'm a tool goandi.
0:55.7	I'm a surgeon at Brigham-Mutemous Hospital and director of a laboratory called Ariadne
1:00.9	Labs, a Center for Health System Innovation at the Brigham and Harvard School of Public
1:05.5	Health.
1:06.5	And then I write for the New Yorker.
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