Episodes

Single-payer advocates have long said the key to addressing healthcare costs is to put the government in charge, pointing to the lower administrative of Medicare and Medicaid when compared to private insurance. Free market advocates point to the fact Medicare and Medicaid pay below-market prices,...

In the last two episodes of YDHTY, we've discussed how any comprehensive healthcare reform will involve wading into a thicket of overlapping regulations and competing financial interests. We've also learned how the polarized political climate has created an environment where those with the...

In the last episode of YDHTY, Dan Gorenstein of the podcast Tradeoffs explained how a web of overlapping regulations and competing interests made reforming America's healthcare system difficult. Economist Jon Gruber found a way to reconcile these interests when he proposed the individual mandate as...

The current debate over healthcare is framed as either a battle against greedy insurance and pharmaceutical companies or a socialist plot intent on giving the federal government dominion over an important part of our lives. Left out of the conversation are the consequences of inaction and the...