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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