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	Title	Pub. Date	Duration
	How America Built the World’s Most Expensive Healthcare System	25 Mar 2026	00:43:01
Why does the United States spend more on healthcare than any other country in the world, and still underperform on many basic health outcomes? In this episode, I unpack the machinery behind the high cost of American healthcare. From employer-sponsored insurance and tax policy to hospital consolidation, administrative complexity, and market power, this is a story about how the U.S. built a system that is extraordinarily expensive, highly fragmented, and remarkably hard to fix. This episode is not just about prices. It is about the architecture underneath them, the incentives, institutions, and historical decisions that made the system what it is today. Timestamps 00:00 The Start of a Healthcare Journey 01:45 Intro: Understanding the Cost of Healthcare 04:13 The Economics of Healthcare Spending 12:09 The Historical Context of Employer-Based Insurance 16:47 The Fragmentation of the Healthcare System] 23:27 Administrative Costs and Market Power 30:24 The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Healthcare Costs 35:36 Return on Investment in Healthcare 40:36 Conclusion

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