Value Health Voices · 2026-04-16 · 45 min
Discover how government policies distort U.S. healthcare. Brian Blase exposes Medicaid gimmicks, ACA exchange flaws, and healthcare policy reforms. Episode Resources: The Great Obamacare Enrollment Fraud Report Report on Medicaid Financing Reform and Provider Gimmicks U.S. healthcare spending accounts for nearly a fifth of our GDP, yet systemic failures and physician burnout continue to reach historic highs. In this episode of Value Health Voices, Dr. Amar Rewari and Dr. Anthony Paravati sit down with Brian Blase, President of the Paragon Health Institute, to unpack the massive legislative shifts inside the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Clinicians and healthcare leaders will walk away with a clear understanding of how new federal policies are fundamentally altering healthcare economics, Medicaid funding, and everyday clinical practice. We explore the structural forces driving hospital consolidation, examining how government-subsidized demand and restricted supply have inadvertently inflated costs across the entire sector.
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