U.S. Healthcare Failures: Is Neoliberalism to Blame?

Podcast: Public Health On Call · The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Opublikowano: 2026-09-21

About this episode: A new book argues that a wave of Reagan-era policies grounded in limited government intervention in the free market has given way to deregulation and corporate consolidation in healthcare, driving up costs and yielding poor health outcomes. In this episode: John McDonough, author of "America's Wrong Turn: U.S. Healthcare in the Neoliberal Era," walks through the pivotal policies of past political eras and provides his insights on where the country is headed next. Guest: John McDonough, DrPH, MPA, is a health policy expert, author, and professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School...