Disrupting healthcare beyond challenging vested interests

About this episode

This episode discusses the potential for disruption in American healthcare and whether it can lead to meaningful change beyond just challenging vested interests.

American healthcare for decades has proven immune from disruption in how healthcare is paid for and delivered. This has started to change with the likes of Mark Cuban disrupting how we pay for drugs. Can such disruption now change the rest of healthcare? Or does disruption require something more than simply challenging vested interests? We discuss these questions and more in this episode on how disruption can be used as a vehicle for changing healthcare. To support our show, and the Center for Modern Health, you can make a tax deductible donation here .

Topics covered

• healthcare disruption
• payment models
• drug pricing
• health policy
• vested interests

Keywords

• healthcare
• disruption
• Mark Cuban
• drug pricing
• health policy

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