This is episode 30, "Plain Economics: The Main Problem With Rural Health Care."
My guest, Robert Devereaux, MD, practices family medicine in Pearisburg, Virginia, a rural town near the West Virginia border. He received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and is certified by the American Board of Family Physicians. Dr. Devereaux has been in practice for more than 20 years.
Do not miss this episode as Dr. Devereaux describes the problems that rural residents have getting health care and how Medicare for All can help.
Episode 30 Transcript
We Don't Need Medicare Advantage
We don’t Need Health Insurance Companies
Some Really Good Reasons Why We Need Medicare For All
A Prologue to the Future
A Traditional Medicare Benefit
Medicare for All Audio Bullet Points
People’s Action and Healthcare for All
The U.S. Has the Worst Healthcare System Among Wealthy Nations
Why Medicare for All Is Better Than Direct Contracting.
Why Medicare for All Will Provide More Freedom
Drowning, Guns, Healthcare and What People Say
Bubble-Up Economics
Clarifying a Few Points
The Reintroduction of Medicare for All Bills and Why We Need Medicare for All
Some Changes Needed in Our Current Healthcare System
Why Does the Government Keep Letting Medicare Advantage Plan Companies Off the Hook
Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Automatic Denials
Why Doesn’t the Government Provide the Same Help to People Who Are Denied Care?
Fifty Years of Failure
More on ACO REACH and Why We Need to End It
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