About this episode

Dr. Jordan Grumet discusses the complexities of the healthcare system and offers insights for a better retirement experience.

You’ve been asked: “So, what are you going to do all day?” You have an answer. But privately, you admit it’ll cover 2 to 3 hours a day. You deserve a better, richer retirement. Join our next Design Your New Life in Retirement small group program in September. Learn more and sign up today . ________________________ Dr. Jordan Grumet has crafted three books mapping the terrain between money, mortality, and meaning. His new book, The Healthcare Heist , opens with a story he rarely tells. That experience became the seed of a much bigger argument: that insurers, pharmaceutical companies, private equity and venture capital firms, and electronic medical records companies all have their “hands in the cookie jar,” extracting value from a system that’s supposed to serve two primary stakeholders: the patient who needs care and the doctor who gives it. Jordan calls out the “intimacy gap” where today patients disclose everything to their doctors, while doctors are trained to disclose nothing back. He makes a provocative case that it can be closed through storytelling. He also shares practical and valuable advice you can use: concrete steps for your next…

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Host: Retirement Wisdom

Guest: Jordan Grumet, MD

Topics covered

• healthcare
• retirement
• financial independence
• patient care
• doctor-patient relationship

Keywords

• healthcare heist
• retirement planning
• doctor visits
• financial advice
• patient advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Healthcare Heist

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