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Spring Survey 2012

How to Fix Health Care in America

2/25/2011

Program Overview:

The future of national health care is certainly a popular discussion these days.  What is standing in the way of the system?  What is the hopeful view of the future?  Why can’t we have a system that emphasizes prevention?  In this Patient Power Health Issues, Dr. George Lundberg, author of “Severed Trust: Why American Medicine Hasn't Been Fixed--and What We Can Do About It” joins Andrew and Peter to try to work through answers to these questions and provide insight into the future of healthcare.

Experts and Guests:

George Lundberg, M.D. George Lundberg, M.D.
President and Chair of the Board of Directors, The Lundberg Institute
Dr. George D. Lundberg is President and Chair of the Board of Directors of The Lundberg Institute and serves on the Board of Directors. He is also a Consulting Professor at Stanford University, Editor at Large at MedPage Today, and Editor in Chief of Cancer Commons from Collabrx.  He has had twenty-seven years combined experience as Editor in Chief of... more >

Transcript:

  1. Introduction LISTEN
  2. Healthcare Reform LISTEN
  3. Why No Emphasis on Prevention? LISTEN
  4. National Health Insurance LISTEN
  5. Can Technology Reduce Healthcare Costs? LISTEN
  6. Making Care Affordable LISTEN
  7. Is there Hope? LISTEN

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