Why Does U.S. Healthcare Cost $4.8 Trillion? (Follow the Money)

Half a million American families go bankrupt every year — not from bad investments or overspending, but from medical bills. Bruce Rutherford breaks down why U.S. healthcare now consumes 17.6% of the entire economy, who's profiting from the chaos, and what market-based solutions actually have a track record of working. In this episode: Why Americans spend $4.8 trillion a year on healthcare — and what's driving costs up 7.6% annually The $400,000 lifetime medical bill the average American never sees coming How cosmetic surgery and LASIK prices stayed flat while everything else exploded — and what that proves about market competition Why 90% of healthcare spending traces back to chronic diseases we largely bring on ourselves What prevention-focused policy could realistically eliminate 80% of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes cases The case for putting insurance dollars directly in patients' hands Common Sense for America follows the money, not the narrative. 👇 Subscribe for fact-based analysis on the issues that actually affect your wallet and your future. SOURCES & FURTHER READING: CMS National Health Expenditure Data: cms.gov U.S. Census Bureau — Health Insurance Coverage 2020: census.gov CDC — Health & Economic Costs of Chronic Diseases: cdc.gov American Journal of Public Health — Medical Bankruptcy Study (2019) PwC Health Research Institute — Medical Cost Trend Report #HealthcareCosts #AmericanHealthcare #MedicalDebt #HealthcareReform #CommonSenseForAmerica #BruceRutherford #FollowTheMoney #ChronicDisease #HealthcarePolicy #MedicalBankruptcy