I think we are starting to see enough potentially disruptive forces in primary care between the Oklahoma surgery model and some of these Medicare advantage models. What's going to be really interesting in the next few years is the degree to which this kind of mindset can extend to secondary tertiary care, hospitalizations and to rehabilitation. The opportunities in primary care are really around prevention. So I'm very optimistic about those extending and spreading.
Physician and author Vivian Lee talks about her book The Long Fix with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Lee argues that we can transform health care in the United States, though it may take a while. She argues that the current fee-for-service system incentivizes doctors to provide services rather than keep patients healthy and that these are not the same thing. Topics explored include innovations in Medicare and in technology that might change treatment incentives as well as the weird world of health care pricing.