
The Invisible Cost of Healthcare
Off Azimuth by Jon Messenger
S1 · E4
Apr 21, 2026
48:53
Episode notes
Healthcare inflation has reached a tipping point, with patients receiving bills from emergency room visits that include $47 for band aids, $60 to be handed ibuprofen, or $2,000 for stitches. As the healthcare inflation outstrips standardized US inflation rates, how can the government mitigate the growing expenses in hospital visits, pharmaceutical costs, and healthcare debt?
Keywords
politics
debt
United States
healthcare
Kaiser
Bolton Group