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Podcast: Richard Helppie's Common Bridge
Episode: Episode 311- Can Hospitals Survive? Grumpy Old Men Take on Today's Healthcare System
Description: Price caps make for great politics and terrible bedside reality when they ignore how hospitals actually survive. Nate Kaufman sits down with healthcare analyst and futurist Dr. Jeff Goldsmith for a blunt conversation about why “just cap hospital prices” can sound like reform while quietly setting up the next access crisis, especially for safety net hospitals and rural communities with heavy Medicare and Medicaid payer mix.We dig into the “Rand fallacy,” the trap of treating hospital price transparency rankings as a proxy for sustainability or value. Jeff explains why a hospital can look like a bargain on paper...