Medical Monopolies, Gen Z Ghosting, Jason Arday Scandal & RFK Jr’s Perfect Poops | TMI Ep 439

Hospital consolidation is putting a fresh spotlight on the price Americans pay for medical care. Gen Z is challenging another long-standing workplace norm, questions are swirling around one of Britain’s most celebrated academics, and an unconventional doctor is offering a very different way to measure digestive health.On today’s TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan:Hospitals have been joining forces across America for years, with health systems arguing that bigger organizations can deliver better, more efficient care. But researchers are now looking more closely at what those deals mean for patients, employers and anyone paying an insurance premium. What really happens to your health-care costs when hospitals stop competing with one another?Gen Z has already changed dating, communication and workplace culture. Now employers say another distinctly modern habit may be crossing over from our personal lives into the hiring process — and not everyone agrees on who deserves the blame. Is a new generation rewriting the rules of professional courtesy?Jason Arday’s remarkable personal journey helped make him one of the most prominent academics in Britain and an international symbol of overcoming extraordinary obstacles. But recent reporting has sparked difficult questions about his story, his career and how prestigious institutions evaluate the people they elevate. What happens when an inspirational story begins attracting a very different kind of attention?And finally, we all know the usual markers of good health: blood pressure, cholesterol, exercise and diet. But one physician says there’s another everyday bodily function we may not be paying nearly enough attention to — and his definition of “healthy” is unusually specific. Can what happens in the bathroom really tell us how healthy we are?Join Ted Rall and Manila Chan for today’s TMI Show as we dig into the stories behind the headlines — and the questions nobody else seems to be asking.Mon-Fri LIVE at 10am ET.