Ezekiel Emanuel: belief

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…To do next, that you can plausibly expect to do next? Well, so, yeah, I am finishing a book. Hopefully it’ll be done in the next 10 weeks. I would say that there are two things that I would really like to do. One is, we’re working with a lot of players in the healthcare system to try to transform various parts of the healthcare system to dramatically increase the quality. I’m super excited about that. We’re trying to work on getting the drug choices better so that they’re cheaper for people. We’re trying to get primary care better by paying doctors differently, so that they’ll think about the total cost of care. They’re also dramatically improved quality. So, we’re launching a venture on that. That’s a super exciting part of my academic life. The other thing is, I’d like to get back into government. Again, one of the great things, I think, is that changing government policy has a big impact. I think there are a number of things the government can do to actually improve the American healthcare system. And one of the reasons I really focus on the American healthcare system is, if we can really bring down costs, we can have money to spend on other things, whether it’s individually, whether it’s as a society in governments, and I think there are lots of low-hanging fruit in that direction. Regulating drug prices is but one area. As I mentioned, limiting what hospitals can charge so that they don’t get too much money out of the healthcare system’s another way. Transforming how doctors are paid also, we’ve got some good evidence, can transform how they deliver care, the quality of care, and reduce costs. And so, that’s a second thing I would love to get back into. Zeke Emanuel, thank you very much.…

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