Episode 9: The Economics of Health Care, Part 2 is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. Episode 9, “The Economics of Health Care - Part 2,” explains how a single-payer Medicare for All system would make health care affordable and available to everyone. My guest is Gerald Friedman, professor of … [Read more...]
Episode 8: The Economics of Health Care, Part 1: The Problem – Our Current Health Care System Is Unaffordable
Episode 8: The Economics of Health Care, Part 1 is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. Episode 8 explains why our current health care system is unaffordable. My guest is Gerald Friedman, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Professor Friedman obtained his PhD … [Read more...]
Episode 7: Putting Out the Fire With Medicare For All
Episode 7: Putting Out the Fire with Medicare For All is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. My episode 7 guest, Dr. George Bohmfalk, talks about the history of fire departments and the wild days when they were private. He explains why people decided that they needed public fire departments and why … [Read more...]
Episode 6: We Can Conquer This Problem
Episode 6: We Can Conquer This Problem, is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. My guest on episode 6 is Richard Master, founder and CEO of MCS Industries. MCS is the leading supplier of picture frames and decorative mirrors in the United States. Mr. Master started an investigation in 2013 to … [Read more...]
Episode 5: Peace of Mind
Episode 5: Peace of Mind, is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Tune In. My guest for episode 5 is Wendell Potter. Mr. Potter previously worked as a public relations executive for two of the country’s largest health insurers, Humana and Cigna. He left Cigna in 2008 due to a crisis of … [Read more...]