America's Unhealthy Debate About The UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing
Ep. 284 w/ show notes
Ravi welcomes back journalist and author Bethany McLean to explore the contentious public response to the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, what it reveals about the growing normalization of political violence, and the deepening anger towards America’s healthcare system.
They then turn to the rise of forces like private equity and the Make America Healthy Again movement as they discuss the tangled politics of profit, policy, and ideology. Finally, Ravi and Bethany take a closer look at opportunities for meaningful reform as they consider what lies ahead for healthcare and public health in America.
The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here (The New Yorker, 12/12/24)
Cuomo: UnitedHealthcare shooting has a deeper message (News Nation, 12/11/24)
A big insurer backed off its plan to pay less for anesthesia. That’s bad. (VOX, 12/6/24)
What We Know About Trump’s Pick to Lead the NIH (New York Magazine, 12/27/24)
Is the Coronavirus as Deadly as They Say? (Wall Street Journal, 3/24/20)
The Problem of the Tariff in American Economic History, 1787–1934 (Cato, 1/9/23)
How painful will Trump’s tariffs be for American businesses? (The Economist, 12/3/24)
From Apple to Starbucks, Western firms’ China dreams are dying (The Economist, 12/8/24)
The UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting. (Tangle, 12/9/24)
KFF Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance (KFF, 6/15/23)
The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms (New York Times, 12/6/24)
Daniel Penny Found Not Guilty in Jordan Neely Subway Death (New York Magazine, 12/9/24)
Vaccine Conspiracies, Fluoride Myths, and America’s Broken Public-Health Discourse (Plain English with Derek Thompson, 12/22/24)
Good and Bad Trends in Healthcare with Dr. Dhruv Khullar (Lost Debate, 3/14/24)
America’s Sick Healthcare System with Bethany McLean (Lost Debate, 12/7/23)
Everything You Need To Know About Tariffs (Lost Debate, 12/10/24)
The Crisis of Trust in Medicine (Lost Debate, 10/10/24)
America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System (Steven Brill, 1/5/15)
When Unions Sell Out Their Members (The Regressives, 8/3/23)
Private Equity (Lost Debate, 4/16/24)
Hegseth on the Brink, DeSantis Swap Theory & Kennedy Kinks (Puck News, 12/6/24)
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