MAHA, Steak 'n Shake, and AI Prescriptions | Last Month In Healthcare

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Welcome to our new monthly podcast series, Last Month In Healthcare! Each month, producer Nathaniel joins me to discuss the previous month's podcasts, headlines, and listener-submitted questions.

This episode covers healthcare news from February 2025, including:

- the start of the Make America Healthy Again commission

- executive orders to make healthcare prices more transparent

- beef tallow fries at Steak 'n Shake

- telehealth advertising and GLP-1 statistics

- the FTC lawsuit against huge PBMs

- American's wariness about AI in healthcare

- allowing AI to prescribe medicine

- a bipartisan bill to allow HSA dollars to be used for direct primary care

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:09 - The Self-Funded Review

8:40 - Healthcare Headlines

30:40 - Ask Spencer Anything

Sources:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-healthy-again-timeline-maha-093054800.html

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/establishing-the-presidents-make-america-healthy-again-commission/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-actions-to-make-healthcare-prices-transparent/

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/this-bill-could-make-it-legal-ai-prescribe-medicine-2025a1000504?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio&form=fpf

https://www.benefitspro.com/2025/02/28/want-glp-1-coverage-workers-willing-to-switch-jobs-for-access/

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/telehealth-ads-marketing-birth-control-mental-health-obesity/

https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/legal-news/federal-judge-sides-ftc-case-against-pbms-move-forward

https://thenationaldesk.com/top-videos/facing-burnout-us-doctors-see-hope-in-ai-for-better-patient-care-artificial-intelligence-athenahealth-survey-staffing-shortages-reimbursement-electronic-health-records-billing

https://www.dermatologytimes.com/view/study-reveals-majority-of-us-adults-distrust-health-care-system-s-use-of-ai

https://crenshaw.house.gov/2025/2/crenshaw-co-leads-bipartisan-legislation-expanding-direct-primary-care-access