Causes or Cures

What Happened when the US Tried Universal Healthcare for Kidney Failure? On "The Great Social Experiment" with David Krissman

September 09, 2023 Dr. Eeks/David Krissman Episode 154
Causes or Cures
What Happened when the US Tried Universal Healthcare for Kidney Failure? On "The Great Social Experiment" with David Krissman
Show Notes

In this episode of Causes or Cures,  Dr. Eeks chats with filmmaker and documentarian David Krissman about his investigative podcast series, "The Great Social Experiment," about America's only experiment with universal healthcare, the treatment of patients with kidney failure.
David takes us back to 1972, when congress guaranteed healthcare coverage to people with kidney failure regardless of race, socioeconomic status and age. And while on the surface, this sounds like a great and altruistic endeavor, David describes why it is a cautionary tale of inequity, faulty decision-making  on life-or-death matters, putting profits first, questionable incentives and at the core, what drives human behavior.  Throughout the podcast, David references media reports, government data, interviews with prominent experts and kidney patients. So fasten your seatbelts, because this is an incredible story by an amazing storyteller. (And after you listen to this, absolutely check out David's podcast here.)

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