America’s $1 Trillion Healthcare Problem: David Sheinker on How to fix it (Ep. 15)
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What if the real problem with American healthcare isn’t medical but the familiar broken system that keeps your costs rising year after year? In this episode of The Benefit Whisperer, Ralph Weber sits down with Dr. David Scheinker, Founder and Director of SURF Stanford Medicine, to unpack:
Why rising costs are baked into the insurance model
How digitization, wearables, and standard contracts could finally cut the waste
What smart employers are doing now to fight back without waiting on Washington
If you’re an employer tired of paying for inefficiency and administrative games this conversation is your roadmap to do better.
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00:00 Introduction to Healthcare Reform
01:23 The Vision for a Smarter Healthcare System
04:04 The Ma Bell Problem in Insurance
05:22 Insurance Profits and Healthcare Spending
06:26 The Medical Loss Ratio and Its Consequences
09:24 The Role of Competition in Healthcare
11:00 Direct Contracts and Innovative Health Plans
11:59 The Impact of TPAs and PBMs
13:02 Complexity and Transparency in Healthcare
15:33 Empowering Employers in Healthcare Decisions
17:43 Digital Medicine and Remote Patient Monitoring
19:12 Standardization in Healthcare Contracts
22:51 Medicare Advantage: Reform or Privatization?
24:18 Healthcare as a Human Right
25:37 Policy Tools for Healthcare Reform
27:31 Myths About Healthcare Reform
28:44 Final Thoughts on Healthcare Efficiency
