From Tricare to Truth Bombs: Dr. Ken Yale on the DC Healthcare Connection | Broken Healthcare Podcast #46

Dr. Ken Yale has seen it all — from the inside of the White House to the top of Tricare, where he oversaw healthcare for nearly 10 million active military members and their families. In this episode, he pulls back the curtain on the tangled web between Washington politics and the healthcare industrial complex.We cover everything from FDA user fees and Big Pharma influence to the ethics of covering $2M drugs — and what happens when a former dental surgeon, attorney, and health plan CEO calls BS on a broken system.In this episode:What really goes on behind closed doors in DC healthcare policyWhy the FDA’s funding model is structurally compromisedHow politics shapes your drug approvals — and your grocery listThe hidden costs of GLP-1 drugs, Medicare, and MedicaidWhy our food system may be the root of America’s chronic disease epidemicDr. Yale’s eye-opening stories from the frontlines of Tricare decision-makingThis one’s got it all — policy, politics, pharma, and plain old common sense. If you care about fixing healthcare, don’t miss it.🎧 Subscribe for more truth from the front lines of America’s most broken system.“The FDA takes money from the companies it regulates. The military covers $2 million drugs. And kids are being prescribed weight-loss meds. If that doesn’t scream ‘broken system,’ I don’t know what does.” — Dr. Ken Yale on the DC–Healthcare pipeline.#DrKenYale #TricareInsider #WhiteHouseToHealthcare #InsiderPerspective #BrokenHealthcarePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.