Free Market Healthcare Doesn’t Work

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Medicare For All Explained

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It’s the very first episode of The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr and our first guest is Phil Wang! And Phil’s subgenre is…This Place is Evil. We’re talking psychological torture, we’re talking gory death scenes, we’re talking Lorraine Kelly?! The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr is a brand new comedy podcast where each week a different celebrity guest pitches an idea for a film based on one of the SUPER niche sub-genres on Netflix. From ‘Steamy Crime Movies from the 1970s’ to ‘Australian Dysfunctional Family Comedies Starring A Strong Female Lead’, our celebrity guests will pitch their wacky plot, their dream cast, the marketing stunts, and everything in between. By the end of every episode, Jimmy Carr, Comedian by night / “Netflix Executive” by day, will decide whether the pitch is greenlit or condemned to development hell! Listen on all podcast platforms and watch on the Netflix Is A Joke YouTube Channel . The Big Pitch is a co-production by Netflix and BBC Studios Audio. Jimmy Carr is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer, touring his brand-new show JIMMY CARR: LAUGHS FUNNY throughout the USA from May to November this year, as well as across the UK and Europe, before hitting Australia and New Zealand in early 2026. All info and tickets for the tour are available at JIMMYCARR.COM Production Coordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries Production Manager: Mabel Finnegan-Wright Editor: Stuart Reid Producer: Pete Strauss Executive Producer: Richard Morris Executive Producers for Netflix: Kathryn Huyghue, Erica Brady, and David Markowitz Set Design: Helen Coyston Studios: Tower Bridge Studios Make Up: Samantha Coughlan Cameras: Daniel Spencer Sound: Charlie Emery Branding: Tim Lane Photography: James Hole…

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This is episode 121, “Free Market Healthcare Doesn’t Work.”

In this episode, Ali Velshi, a capitalist, explains why a free market healthcare system will never work. Velshi is from Canada and was a journalist on CNBC and before moving to MSNBC. Velshi’s explanation is from “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.”

Do not miss this episode as Ali Velshi explains why free market healthcare won’t work and why there is no country that has a free market healthcare system.

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Free Market Healthcare Doesn’t Work

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published about a year ago

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This is episode 121, “Free Market Healthcare Doesn’t Work.”

Do not miss this episode as Ali Velshi explains why free market healthcare won’t work and why there is no country that has a free market healthcare system.

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Millions More Without Care 3:31

19 days ago3:31

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This is episode 123, “Millions More Without Care.” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains that the arguments over Medicaid cuts ignores people who are uninsured and underinsured.

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Bearing the Cost of Irresponsible Healthcare Decisions 5:14

7 weeks ago5:14

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This is episode 122, "Bearing the Cost of Irresponsible Healthcare Decisions." Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains that Medicare for All would reduce bad healthcare decisions by ending the denial of care by health insurance companies.

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Free Market Healthcare Doesn’t Work 7:15

11 weeks ago7:15

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This is episode 121, “Free Market Healthcare Doesn’t Work.” In this episode, Ali Velshi, a capitalist, explains why a free market healthcare system will never work. Velshi is from Canada and was a journalist on CNBC and before moving to MSNBC. Velshi’s explanation is from “ The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell .” Do not miss this episode as Ali Velshi explains why free market healthcare won’t work and why there is no country that has a free market healthcare system.…

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Speaking to the Needs of the People 6:42

15 weeks ago6:42

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This is episode 120, “Speaking to the Needs of the People.” In this episode, I play an excerpt from an interview with Blake Zeff. He helped in both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns and is an expert in policy and strategic communications. In the interview, Zeff explains that issues of health care helped the Democrats win the 2020 election, and then the Democrats rarely talked about health care and did almost nothing to address the problems with our healthcare system once elected. Do not miss this episode as Blake Zeff discusses Democrats' failure to address health care.…

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Ending Medical Debt 3:10

20 weeks ago3:10

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This is episode 119, “Ending Medical Debt.” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why removing medical debt from credit reports is not an effective way to deal with medical debt and how we can end medical debt.

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The Murders not Being Discussed in the Health Care Debate 3:58

24 weeks ago3:58

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This is episode 118, “The Murders not Being Discussed in the Health Care Debate.” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why the 76,000 unnecessary deaths of our current healthcare system could be considered murders.

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Will Health Care Get Even Worse in the United States? 5:46

29 weeks ago5:46

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This is episode 117, “Will Health Care Get Even Worse in the United States?” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why health care is likely to become more expensive under Donald Trump.

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The Curse of Medical Debt 6:01

33 weeks ago6:01

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This is episode 116, “The Curse of Medical Debt.” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why medical debt is much larger problem than most people think. Here is the report I referenced in this podcast: 100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt Here are links to episodes 8 and 9 that I referenced in this podcast: The Economics of Health Care, Part 1: The Problem – Our Current Health Care System Is Unaffordable The Economics of Health Care, Part 2: The Solution – Medicare for All…

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Electronic Health Records 5:58

37 weeks ago5:58

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This is episode 115, "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Electronic Health Records." Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks discusses some of the advantages and disadvantages of electronic health records and why we often depend on faxes to transfer health data.

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Amazed by Free Health Care and Why We Need Medicare for All 4:29

42 weeks ago4:29

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This is episode 114, “Amazed by Free Health Care and Why We Need Medicare for All.” Olympian Ariana Ramsey decided to try out the free health care at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. She was “amazed” and said that “America needs to do better with their healthcare system.” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains how the United States can do better with their healthcare system and how to make free health care normal so the amazement can end for everyone. Here is the link to Ariana Ramsey’s TikTok video on being amazed by free health care: https://www.tiktok.com/@ariana.ramsey/video/7399645817944001838…

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The Missing Criteria for Health Insurance Companies 6:02

46 weeks ago6:02

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This is episode 113, “The Missing Criteria for Health Insurance Companies.” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains that health insurance companies are concerned with profits and are using AI to increase profits by denying care. Instead, insurance companies should be evaluated on how well they cover costs for treatment. Here are the articles referenced in this podcast. As UnitedHealth and Cigna are Sued for AI-Based Claims Denials, Documents Suggest Major AI Expansion Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need Here is Wendell Potter’s news site referenced in this podcast, HEALTH CARE un-covered . I highly recommend it. Please consider subscribing to this news site.…

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The Harm Caused by Medicare Advantage 5:30

50 weeks ago5:30

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This is episode 112, “The Harm Caused by Medicare Advantage.” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks discusses a report by Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) that documents the harmful effects of Medicare Advantage. Here is a link to the report: Taking Advantage: How Corporate Health Insurers Harm America’s Seniors .…

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We Don't Need Medicare Advantage 5:11

1 year ago5:11

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This is episode 111, “We Don’t Need Medicare Advantage.” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why Medicare Advantage is not needed and is detrimental to Medicare. Here is the MedPac report that I used as a source: Medicare Payment Policy . (See page XXV and pages 373-374.)

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We don’t Need Health Insurance Companies 3:18

1 year ago3:18

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This is episode 110, “We don’t Need Health Insurance Companies.” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks discusses why we don’t need health insurance companies.

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Some Really Good Reasons Why We Need Medicare For All 6:43

1 year ago6:43