In this segment, we discuss the high cost of healthcare, both from a systems-perspective, as well as specific cases of patients, personal contacts, and our own medical bills.  It's kind of crazy that we spend nearly twice as much per person on healthcare as THE NEXT HIGHEST HEALTHCARE SPENDING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.  You would expect that means we have significantly BETTER healthcare, but the #1 health indicator, our life expectancy, drags nearly 4 years behind other developed countries.  While there is something to be said for the amount of innovative treatments and therapies created within our system, is it worth it if 99/100 fail?  Is it worth it if 9/10 fail and subject those 9 persons to poor outcomes?  There simply has to be a better way, where we can maintain our stronghold as healthcare innovators, without making our country so much sicker (at a significantly higher cost) than others.  ENJOY!

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