Is The U.S. Healthcare System On Life Support?

This week on the podcast, we're joined by Dr. Kate Baicker, a leading expert in the economic analysis of healthcare policy, to delve into the intricacies of the United States healthcare system. We begin by laying the groundwork with an overview of our current system's key characteristics and a breakdown of healthcare spending in the U.S. We then examine the disparities in health outcomes and life expectancy linked to sociodemographic factors. Our discussion takes a candid turn as we explore whether the U.S. healthcare system can be considered broken and share our perspectives on the most pressing issues we face today. We dissect the concepts of universal healthcare and a single-payer system (unveiling their distinct differences) and delve into specific components of the Affordable Care Act. We address the complexities of comparing healthcare systems across countries and the limitations of such comparisons. We also explore the underlying reasons behind the U.S.'s exorbitant healthcare spending and brainstorm potential solutions to enhance the cost-effectiveness of healthcare delivery. This episode is not to be missed!

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Resources

• About Katherine Baicker

• U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes

• We Can Do Better — Improving the Health of the American People

• Rethinking How To Achieve Universal Health Care Coverage in the US

• Health Insurance and Mortality: Experimental Evidence from Taxpayer Outreach

• Distribution of Eligibility for ACA Health Coverage Among the Remaining Uninsured

• Enrollee Premiums in Medicaid - Insights from Michigan

• Administrative Burdens and Child Medicaid Enrollments

• Do Ordeals Work for Selection Markets? Evidence from Health Insurance Auto-Enrollment

• How the American Rescue Plan Will Improve Affordability of Private Health Coverage

• Declines in Uncompensated Care Costs for The Uninsured under the ACA and Implications of Recent Growth in the Uninsured Rate