Howie and Harlan are joined by Kate Heilpern, president of Yale New Haven Hospital, to discuss the hospital's 200-year history, the financial pressures facing health systems, and how Yale New Haven is balancing innovation with its mission to serve the local community. Harlan examines the growing burden of U.S. healthcare costs; Howie highlights encouraging trends in infant mortality, life expectancy, overdose deaths, and cancer survival.

Show notes:

Healthcare Costs

"National Health Expenditure Projections, 2025–34: Strong Utilization Growth Initially, Legislative Impacts Later"

"KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs, Expiring ACA Tax Credits, and the 2026 Midterms"

"Americans See Health Care Costs, Deficit, Inflation as Big Problems Facing the Nation"

"How Much and Why ACA Marketplace Premiums Are Going Up in 2027"

"U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2026"

"The Cost of Health Insurance for a Family Jumps to $27,000"

Zack Cooper

"FDA approves Trutakna for IgA nephropathy"

Kate Heilpern

Yale New Haven Hospital: Vision, Mission, and Values

Yale New Haven Hospital: History and Heritage

"A Bicentennial Milestone: Yale New Haven Hospital Reflects on 200 Years of Care"

Megan L. Ranney

Azita Emami

CDC: Social Determinants of Health

Health & Veritas Episode 188: "Kate Heilpern: Jumping into the Deep End"

American Hospital Association: "Costs of Caring"

Adams Neurosciences Center

Positive Trends in Mortality

CDC: Infant Mortality Quarterly Provisional Estimates

"Life Expectancy in U.S. Hit Record High of 79 Years in 2024, CDC Says"

CDC: "Provisional Data: U.S. Death Rate Fell to a Record Low in 2025"

CDC: Provisional Drug Overdose Data

CDC: Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2024

"American Cancer Society Releases Latest Cancer Statistics"

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