Dr. Brad Spellberg on Solving The Great American Healthcare Rip-Off

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

News, Politics

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Mike talks with Dr. Brad Spellberg, chief medical officer at the Los Angeles County+ University of Southern California Medical Center and the associate dean for clinical affairs at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. Dr. Spellberg is also author of the recently released book Broken, Bankrupt, and Dying: How to Solve The Great American Healthcare Rip-Off which they discuss on this episode. Topics Mike & Dr. Spellberg Cover Include: the very unsystematic nature of the American healthcare ‘system’ how the US compares to other rich countries in healthcare access, cost, efficiency, and effectiveness where all the money goes in US healthcare spending the myth of lavishly overpaid US doctors the problem with ‘fee for service’ medicine medical bankruptcies the Affordable Care Act the importance of considering American culture in proposing healthcare ‘fixes’ market-oriented healthcare reform proposals if progressives states like California can act on their own to reform healthcare Mike’s New Podcast - Politics Makes Me Sick The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the, go to patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.3	welcome to the politics, guys,
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1:11.3	I'm Michael Barronowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
1:15.4	My guest today is Dr. Brad Spelberg.
1:17.6	Dr. Spelberg is chief medical officer at the Los Angeles County University of Southern California
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