Why Healthcare Costs are Rising-The Big Business of Healthcare

Elizabeth Rosenthal, MD, is a former reporter and senior writer at The New York Times, Editor in Chief of Kaiser Health News, former ER physician, and author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back. Dr. Rosenthal discussed the rapidly rising costs of healthcare in the past few decades and the reasons behind them. She gave examples of some of the more egregious differences in healthcare costs in the US, compared to other countries. She explained how healthcare consumers can learn to negotiate with hospitals and doctors.