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The Benefit Whisperer — 56 episodes
The Healthcare Black Box: Prior Authorization, AI Denials, and Fiduciary Duty (Ep. 54)
Healthcare’s Black Box and a Look Inside It (Ep. 53)
When Healthcare Delay Makes Death Feel Like a Choice (Ep. 52)
AI: Faster MISTAKES, Faster INFLATION (Ep. 51)
The Woman Who Took on Big Insurance and WON! (Ep. 50)
“This Should Be Illegal,” Mark Cuban on U.S. Healthcare (Ep. 49)
Hospitals Aren’t Providers Anymore, They’re Collection Agencies (Ep. 48)
The “OpenTable for Doctors” That’s Breaking Healthcare (Ep. 47)
Blind Trust in Healthcare Is Costing Employers Millions (Ep. 45)
The “HOME TEAM” Gets Paid 160x MORE. Is That Fair? (Ep. 45)
How to Appeal the 850 Million Claims that are Rejected Every Year and Win 70 to 90% of the Time (Ep. 44)
Money From Sick People: How PBMs Use AWP, Spread, and Rebates to Inflate Drug Costs (Ep.43)
ERISA’s Next Battlefield: Voluntary Benefits Lawsuits, Broker Commissions, and Fiduciary Exposure (Ep. 42)
Chris Deacon Unpacks the Benefits System; It’s not Broken, It’s Rigged. (Ep. 41)
How Insurance Ate Healthcare: Complexity is the Business Model (Ep. 40)
How Insurance Ate Healthcare: The $1.7 Trillion Administrative Explosion (Ep. 39)
The Price is WHAT? (Ep. 38)
How Insurance Ate Healthcare: A Century of Healthcare Mistakes (Ep. 37)
What If Your Most Valuable Health Plan Asset Is the Data You’ve Never Seen? (Ep. 36)
Happy Thanksgiving from The Benefit Whisperer
The Rebate Racket: Why Employers Are Still Getting Fleeced (Ep. 35)
From Bankrupt to Bulletproof: Why Critical Illness Coverage Matters Now (Ep. 34)
$1 Trillion in WasteHealthcare Contracts and Digital Legos (Ep. 33)
Are PPO’s the Problem? Here’s What They Don’t Want You to Know. (Ep. 32)
Trust, But Verify: Why Your TPA May Be Selling Your Employees’ Data (Ep. 31)
The PBM Princess: From Rebate Myths to Deception, How PBMs Hide True Rx Costs (Ep. 30)
What If You Could Pay the Hospital with a QR Code? (Ep. 29)
Fiduciary Failures & The Great American Healthcare Heist: How Employers Are Being Played (Ep. 28)
Chris Deacon: $2B Scam Broker Kickbacks & PBM Profits Fiduciary Duties Exposed (Ep. 27)
How Critical Illness Insurance Saves Families and Businesses (Ep. 26)
From ICU to Insider: Nurse Deb’s fight for Patient-Centric Care (Ep. 25)
Zero Cost, Zero Access: Canada, Cuba, North Korea and the Reality of Single-Tier Healthcare with Dr. Raymond Rupert (Ep. 24)
Insurance FAQs: Your Employees’ Most Asked Questions (Ep. 23)
Why Collateral Sucks (and Other Truths About Captives) with Phil Holowka, COO of Complete Captive (Ep. 22)
Biblical Values in Benefits: Faith-Aligned Solutions for Christian Employers (Ep. 21)
Are Captives Too Complex? Phil Holowka Says You’re Asking the WRONG Question
The Truth About PBMs and Rising Costs + What You Can Do About It (Ep. 19)
Dave Chase, Co-Founder of Health Rosetta, Exposes the $5 Trillion Healthcare Scam Employers Are Funding (Ep. 18)
$11M on a $996K Bill? Dave Chase of Health Rosetta Unpacks the Hidden Trap (Ep. 17)
Are Your MEC & ICHRA Plans ACA-Proof? Don’t Bet $2,900 an Employee (Ep. 16)
America’s $1 Trillion Healthcare Problem: David Sheinker on How to fix it (Ep. 15)
Why Insurers Profit from Complexity and you Pay the Price with Guest David Scheinker (Ep. 14)
The PPO Shell Game: How Employers Get Trapped by Hidden Healthcare Costs (Ep. 13)
The $5 Trillion Lie: Why U.S. Healthcare Fails Us All With Guest Dr. Don Berwick (Ep. 12)
The $11 Drug That Costs Employers $6,000 (Ep. 11)
Julie Selesnick on the Lawsuit that Should Terrify Every Employer and Why You Could Be Next (Ep. 10)
Why “Good Discounts” Are Costing You a Fortune. Inside a Smarter Healthcare Model: Reference-Based Pricing with Adam Russo, Esq. (Ep. 9)
The Billion Dollar Drug Scam (Ep. 8)
What Every Business Owner Needs To Know About Level-Funded Plans (Ep. 7)
Medical Debt Is Bankrupting Americans (Ep. 6)
How the Affordable Care Act Changed Health Insurance Forever (Ep. 5)
The Art of Balancing Cost and Care in Employee Benefits (Ep. 4)
Unlocking the Potential of Your Employee Benefits (Ep. 3)
Medical Debt is Bankrupting Families and Crushing Businesses: How CFOs Can Help (Ep. 2)
Ralph Weber’s Journey: From Personal Tragedy to Healthcare Advocacy (Ep. 1)
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