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The Future of the Physical Therapy Profession

Name: The Future of the Physical Therapy Profession
Uploaded: 2024-10-01T02:02:34+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Will Humphreys
Description: Speaker frames US healthcare as a $4.5–$5 trillion industry and argues powerful industry actors resist change because they profit. The speaker questions…

1 Oct 2024 · 0 min

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Speaker frames US healthcare as a $4.5–$5 trillion industry and argues powerful industry actors resist change because they profit. The speaker questions whether higher spending has produced commensurate health gains for Americans, using rhetorical examples ("Do we get 10% healthier every year?") to cast doubt on value.

Four and a half, $5 trillion industry that is health care in America. The people at the top don't really want it to change. The industry's at the top. And why would you? You're making gobs of money off of it. But we have to look at that and say, is that good for us? Is that good for the economy? If we're paying this much more for healthcare, are Americans that much more healthy? Do we get 10% healthier every year?