US healthcare system
4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 23, 2015 by Bob Kocher · across every show →
Everything said about US healthcare system, oldest first
Sep 23, 2015 negative
Sep 22, 2017 bearish
May 16, 2026 negative
US healthcare stakeholders are fundamentally misaligned with patients
“And that's what healthcare is in the United States. It's providers, health systems, pointing guns and getting pointed at by insurance companies. And then there's also life sciences companies. And those three stakeholders in some way, shape or form are misalign…”
Jul 18, 2026 neutral
Payers Ultimately Drive All Behavior In US Healthcare
“Everything sort of ends up coming back to the payer. Like, the payer is the one that drives behavior in the US healthcare system. If you are providing the dollars, people will go where the dollars aren't. If you say I'm going to pay for this service, people wi…”