Is the U.S. Healthcare System Terminally Broken?




Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates show

Summary: <strong>MOTION: The U.S. Healthcare System is Terminally Broken</strong><br><br>Criticized by patients, providers, and politicians alike, the United States healthcare system is hardly a crowd-pleaser. Is the most expensive health care system in the world beyond repair? <br><br>FOR<br>Dr. Robert Pearl, former CEO of the Permanente Medical Group<br>Shannon Brownless, author of <em>Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer</em><br><br>AGAINST<br>Dr. Ezekiel Amanuel, a bioethicist and an architect of the Affordable Care Act<br>Dr. David T. Feinberg, CEO of Geisinger Health System