Episode 922: The Rising Cost of Healthcare

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🗓️ 21 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Newt talks with Brian Blase, president of Paragon Health Institute and former special assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House's National Economic Council. Their discussion centers on the rising cost of healthcare in the United States, a pressing issue that Blase recently addressed before the Senate Finance Committee. Blase explains the mission of the Paragon Health Institute, which he founded to fill a void in the free market community by analyzing government healthcare programs and developing policy solutions that expand choice and market competition. Their conversation highlights significant issues such as fraud and corruption in government healthcare programs, with examples of the massive fraud in Minnesota and improper enrollments in Obamacare. Blase emphasizes the need for reform in Medicare payment policies and the importance of consumer control over healthcare financing to reduce costs. They conclude their discussion with a call for transparency in healthcare pricing.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:08.4	On this episode of Newtsworld, I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Brian Blaze.
0:15.4	He's the president of Paragon Health Institute and former special assistant to the president for economic policy at the White
0:24.3	House's National Economic Council from 2017 to 2019, where he coordinated the development
0:32.6	and execution of numerous health policies and advised the president, NAC director, and senior officials.
0:40.7	He recently testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the rising cost of health care
0:46.1	for all Americans, and I'm really pleased to be talking with him today because I think
0:51.1	solving the issue of the rising cost of health care is one of the fundamental issues at our time.
0:56.8	And let me say, when you talk affordability, affordability of health care is a dramatically bigger issue for the American people
1:04.6	and the affordability of bacon or gasoline or things that we normally put in that zone.
1:11.1	But health care today is extraordinarily expensive and a huge burden on the American people.
1:17.1	Brian, welcome and thank you for joining me on this world.
1:32.3	Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to be with you. Thank you for having me on.
1:36.3	You know, before we get into health, which is, I think, going to be given them preeminent domestic issue of the next few years.
1:44.7	Tell me for a couple of minutes about this.
1:46.3	What you have developed at the Paragon Health Institute suddenly emerged, and frankly,
1:51.9	I have found the work of the Paragon Health Institute to be among the most insightful and
1:57.5	most interesting work being done in Washington today.
2:01.5	How did Paragon develop, and what has your role been in that development?
2:06.1	Well, thanks. I appreciate you saying that.
2:08.5	Conservatives and those of us who support the free markets haven't always been out front
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