#10: US Healthcare: Where freedom doesn't ring with Avik Roy

In this episode, CrowdHealth founder Andy Schoonover and healthcare policy leader Avik Roy take a deep dive into understanding freedom and liberties in healthcare. Avik is the founder of the nonpartisan thinktank Freopp - Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity - focused on net expansion of liberty and improving lives of Americans on the bottom half of the ladder. This wide ranging conversation includes a postmortem on how the US healthcare system did during the pandemic. Avik and Andy also discuss the differences in healthcare systems and health outcomes around the world. Ultimately, perverse incentives in health insurance have driven prices higher, making it harder for consumers to access and pay for care.

 

Learn more about Avik's foundation at freopp.org and follow them on Twitter @freopp. His team's in-depth research indexing health systems can also be found here. Avik is a member of CrowdHealth's board.

 

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Time Stamps:

00:00 - Introduction and Avik's diverse healthcare and policy background

7:15 - Can you successfully expand liberty in this restrictive legislative environment from both sides?

15:02 - Where are we on the trajectory of freedom levels in the US?

19:00 - Understanding the FREOPP World index of healthcare innovation

27:00 - Health insurance model in the US creates perverse incentives

33:57 - How did we do over the last three years?

44:30 -  Which countries are delivering the best healthcare?

49:39 - Breaking down the ridiculous US healthcare price system

58:30 - Where is the leakage of healthcare costs being captured?

1:04:30 - Do insurance companies have any incentive for healthcare prices to go down?

1:13:00 - Is there an industry in the US that is less free than healthcare?