Broken Healthcare

Just a Taste: How One Woman Saved Montana $112 Million on Healthcare


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💣 From Collapse to Comeback: Meet Marilyn Bartlett, the CPA who turned a broken $200M state health plan into a national model — and didn’t blink when it meant rewriting the rules of the healthcare game.


đź’Ą The Big Moves:

  • Fired the PBM and exposed the hidden middlemen đź’Ľ
  • Brought reference-based pricing to the table đź’µ
  • Negotiated directly with hospitals using Medicare rates 🏥
  • Saved millions — without cutting a single employee benefit 📉✅


đź‘€ Why it Matters: This episode pulls back the curtain on healthcare pricing games and shows exactly how bold leadership and hard data can drive real change.


🎯 For: CFOs, HR leaders, brokers, reform advocates, and anyone sick of being gaslit by the U.S. healthcare system.


🔊 Don’t miss this explosive conversation with a true healthcare rebel.

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