Don't Wait For Government To Fix Healthcare (w/Dr. Marty Makary)

Only we can redesign medicine and stop the ridiculous money games. Dr. Makary returns to rally the troops with his updated book, The Price We Pay, now available in paperback. Here's all our shows featuring Dr. Marty Makary.  Here's a link to the paperback edition of The Price We Pay.   Timecodes & Topics: 0:00 Intro 1:08 How the book induced real change by highlighting outrageous practices 4:37 Defending patients sued by hospitals and the lack of price transparency in medicine 13:33 The need for increased diversity at journals like JAMA and The New England Journal of Medicine 15:04 Lobbying congress with patient stories that highlight the predatory nature of our Healthcare system and the lack of price transparency 22:07 Redesigning healthcare: ChenMed as primary care done right 41:41 The misincentive of the fee for service treadmill 44:37 We can’t wait for government to fix healthcare, WE have to do it 51:54 Do we want to live in a country where healthcare is the biggest industry and share of GDP? 57:58 The importance of the book and calls to action: we can make real change Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices