Why Can't Americans Have Better and Cheaper Health Care? Exploring the Innovation Challenge

Why doesn't healthcare in the US improve in quality while becoming more affordable, as we see in other industries? Join us for an enlightening discussion with James (Jim) and Robert (Bob) Rebitzer, authors of "Why Not Better and Cheaper?" We'll explore the unique challenges of healthcare innovation in the US, discussing why there's a lack of incentives for cost-reducing innovations and the ease of profiting from low-value innovations. The Rebitzers will also share their perspectives on directing healthcare innovation towards more efficient and cost-effective solutions. This is a crucial conversation for anyone interested in the future of American healthcare.

[@chomsky72]

When an entire nation's healthcare system is a for profit market driven endeavor, it is not surprising to see expensive worse outcomes. I just don't think it is a big mystery why the US has a broken healthcare system, but no one has the political will to address the root problem which requires a shift away from private for-profit insurance and towards a universal system like most other first world developed nations.

[@michaeldavid4857]

The vast majority of Americans believe that health care should be considered a privilege and not a right. They believe that people should have to "work" for health care benefits. Much, if not all, of the rest of the world views things differently. In time, they, too, will catch up and adapt a system similar to the US. After all, ours is the best in the world, isn't it?