Profit Over Patients: Why Healthcare Is Failing America

How did American healthcare become so expensive yet deliver worse outcomes in many places? Why don’t free markets work in medicine? And what can we actually do about it?

Dr. Peter Crane sits down with veteran public health physician Dr. Joseph Jarvis for a candid, eye-opening conversation on the failures of our current system and a practical path to real reform.
Essential listening for every physician who wants to leave medicine better than we found it.

⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 – Introduction and Dr. Jarvis’s diverse career path
03:00 – The calling that has kept him engaged for decades
07:00 – The shocking realization in Nevada: for-profit hospitals prioritizing profit over patients
12:00 – Why market principles fail in healthcare (patients aren’t buyers, demand isn’t elastic)
20:00 – Administrative bloat, staffing cuts, and the dumbing down of care
23:00 – Healthcare spending approaching 20–25% of GDP, an economic time bomb
27:00 – How rural hospital closures fuel anger and political polarization
35:00 – The Utah Cares solution: simpler financing, global budgets, better pay for doctors & nurses
40:00 – Call to action: unelect incumbents and support ballot initiatives
41:00 – Where to find the film Healing Us and get involved

🔗 Resources Mentioned
Utah Cares Health — https://utahcareshealth.com
Healing Us documentary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oovXwK0vaGM

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