The big driver to changing the healthcare system in the U.S. was the inexorable rise in healthcare costs. These costs kept rising for a number of reasons, which we look at at in this episode.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol%27s_cost_disease

https://www.cnet.com/news/robots-for-cancer-diagnosis-biopsy-lack-the-human-touch/?ftag=CAD090e536&bhid=20535501410714773631202074326606

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita

http://www.palain.com/?page_id=309