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Fixing Healthcare Podcast

by Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr · English

“A podcast with a plan to fix healthcare” featuring Dr. Robert Pearl, Jeremy Corr and Guests

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FHC #234: The risks of moving too fast with AI & the dangers of standing still

The episode argues that while frontier generative AI poses real safety risks, healthcare should not ignore near-term benefits of AI agents for continuous monitoring and earlier intervention, because…

11 Nov 2026 · 38m · 13 chapters

MTT #112: The votes are in. Will Congress finally tackle healthcare costs?

Midterms and whether Congress will tackle U.S. healthcare affordability; why costs keep rising; how well care delivers value; plus updates on Nobel-winning neuroscience, generative AI in care,…

2 Nov 2026 · 38m · 13 chapters

FHC #233: Can physicians fix healthcare before the system breaks?

Whether physicians can “fix healthcare” before rising costs, deficits, and clinician burnout make the system collapse, leading to rationing and worse outcomes.

28 Oct 2026 · 51m · 16 chapters

FHC #232: Can GLP-1s & GenAI solve healthcare’s affordability crisis?

Healthcare affordability crisis; argues GLP-1 drugs plus generative AI can reduce chronic disease burden and lower costs, while improving continuous monitoring and clinical control.

21 Oct 2026 · 39m · 15 chapters

FHC #231: Dean Ornish on lifestyle medicine, loneliness and hope

Dean Ornish explains lifestyle medicine as a multi-factor “web” that can prevent and sometimes reverse chronic disease.

14 Oct 2026 · 50m · 19 chapters

FHC #230: Flashback to healthcare skimping and AI-powered patients

A replay of Fixing Healthcare “Diving Deep” #230 on (1) how “healthcare skimping” drives unaffordability and worse outcomes, and (2) how generative AI could empower patients and reshape care delivery.

6 Oct 2026 · 36m · 13 chapters

MTT #111: Why are patients paying more before they get care?

Rising patient costs and prepayment demands; political interference in science/regulation; cancer drug/vaccine updates; tick and measles outbreaks; affordability outlook; vaccine guidance; primary…

29 Sep 2026 · 38m · 15 chapters

FHC #229: Revisiting Mark Cuban’s prescription for lowering healthcare costs

Mark Cuban revisits “prescriptions” for lowering healthcare costs, focusing on drug pricing and the PBM/insurance rebate system, then expanding to how insurance design and provider payment incentives…

23 Sep 2026 · 53m · 15 chapters

Revisiting Vinod Khosla’s vision for AI-powered healthcare

Vinod Khosla’s AI-powered healthcare vision, revisited before ChatGPT’s release. The episode argues AI can reduce U.S.

16 Sep 2026 · 51m · 24 chapters

FHC #227: Dr. Rod Rohrich on social media, science and AI-powered care

How patients and clinicians can use social media and AI (especially generative AI) to speed access to care, verify health claims, improve diagnosis and post-op monitoring, and preserve physician…

9 Sep 2026 · 52m · 20 chapters

FHC #226: Peptides, primary care & the false choices in American medicine

The episode argues that American medicine is trapped by “false choices” between restricting vs expanding experimental peptides, and then pivots to why primary care is collapsing and what payment…

1 Sep 2026 · 39m · 15 chapters

MTT #110: Peptides, politics & the perils of medicine without evidence

Whether FDA should allow compounding pharmacies to provide six “experimental” peptides; plus follow-up health stories on cyclospora, CDC leadership, e-bike injuries, AI-designed viruses, Ebola in…

26 Aug 2026 · 39m · 14 chapters

FHC #225: Kindness, burnout and the limits of medical leadership

Medical leadership amid burnout and kindness; how to give fair, timely feedback; and how to use AI safety nets in overwhelmed emergency care without creating harmful overload or false positives.

18 Aug 2026 · 50m · 19 chapters

FHC #224: Austin Chiang on burnout, misinformation and the future of med-tech

Burnout and administrative burden in clinicians; misinformation and how patients learn health info via social media; and how med-tech innovation (including generative AI and endoscopy tools) should…

13 Aug 2026 · 54m · 20 chapters

FHC #223: How GenAI & World Cup strategy can help fix healthcare

How generative AI (and “World Cup” style strategy) could reduce healthcare costs by improving chronic disease control, expanding access at night/weekends, and coordinating care to prevent errors and…

6 Aug 2026 · 42m · 19 chapters

MTT #109: Healthcare affordability, GLP-1s and the patient revolt ahead

U.S. healthcare affordability and inflation ahead of the midterms; how GLP-1 weight-loss drugs affect costs and coverage; plus unusual medical/science stories (origin-of-life “spud cells,”…

29 Jul 2026 · 41m · 15 chapters