This week on the FLATLINING Podcast, Matthew and Ron continue their discussion on the problems with the American healthcare system. Last episode, they identified three parts of the healthcare equation: access (or universality), quality, and affordability. Matthew and Ron discuss access in this week’s episode. What does it mean for the US to have universal access or universal coverage? How has the access problem worked in the United Kingdom or Canada? Where does “health equity” come into all this? Check out the podcast to find out.

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Articles mentioned in this week’s episode:

The Opposition Virus - FLATLINING.net

Universal healthcare dies in California, again - FLATLINING.net

Canada’s health care system - Canada.ca

The NHS Website - nhs.uk

Health Equity - cdc.gov

This week on the FLATLINING Podcast, Matthew and Ron begin to discuss the subject of Ron’s book, Flatlining: How Healthcare is Killing the US Economy. This isn’t to say that people haven’t proposed good or creative solutions (look at Medicare for All or the Affordable Care Act), but that as it stands now, healthcare puts a huge strain on the federal budget and the budgets of millions of Americans.

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Articles mentioned in this show:

The gaping hole in the Republican response - FLATLINING.net

Healthcare and the Economy - FLATLINING.net

Universal Healthcare Dies in California Again - FLATLINING.net

This week on the FLATLINING Podcast, Matthew and Ron discuss COVID-19. Last week, the United States ticked over the two-year anniversary of COVID-19 restrictions. Matthew and Ron discuss what is the coronavirus, the strengths and weaknesses of telemedicine, who you should trust to give you information on COVID-19, and what the US will look like going forward.

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Here are some articles mentioned in this program:

The End of the Beginning - FLATLINING.net

Lawmakers push pandemic probe modeled on 9/11 Commission - The Washington Post

COVID Data Tracker - CDC.gov

Reuters COVID-19 Tracker: Europe - Reuters

Tracking Covid-19 vaccinations worldwide - CNN

WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard - The World Health Organization

The Patients before Profits Act of 2022 - Congress.gov

In the first full episode of the FLATLINING Podcast, Matthew and Ron discuss why economics plays such an important factor in healthcare, why you need to hear about doctors and the good that they do, and a man who wanted to “save the COVID patients.”

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Welcome to the new FLATLINING Podcast, the podcast that will be bringing you great healthcare analysis and discussion each week. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and to signup for our FLATLINING newsletters.

On the FLATLINING Podcast, Fulcrum Strategies President and CEO Ron Howrigon and writer Matthew Handley discuss the most pressing issues facing doctors and healthcare providers across the United States.

Their in-depth knowledge aids their analysis on:

* The No Surprises Act

* Medicare for All

* Political healthcare rhetoric

* American attitudes towards healthcare

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