AIRED: March 7, 2022
SPECIAL HOST: Rachel Kove
SPECIAL GUEST: David Weill, MD
In Curing the Cancer in U.S. Healthcare, Dr. Deane Waldman delivers an eye-opening look at healthcare today including the shocks he experienced while caring for thousands of children with heart problems.
Dr. Waldman states that when it comes to our health care, we all want the same thing: the care we need, when we need it, from people we choose, at a price we can afford.
Why must all Americans have the same healthcare structure? If Californians want a single-payer system if Texans want market-based medicine, and if New Yorkers want Obamacare, why should Washington say no to 86 million Americans?
Kristin S. Held, M.D. President-Elect, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons says that Curing the Cancer in U.S. Healthcare is, “A must-read for physicians, patients, and policymakers alike. Equipped with his vast experience as a pediatric cardiologist, clinician, teacher, researcher, and policy adviser, Dr. Waldman approaches our critically ill healthcare system as he does a critically ill patient. He identifies the root causes of the problems and proposes a workable cure that puts patients first. This is a quick and superb read packed full of information and insight.”
DEANE WALDMAN, MD, MBA
Deane Waldman, MD, MBA is the author of Curing the Cancer in U.S. Healthcare and eleven other books as well as more than 250 articles and monographs. After nearly fifty years as a pediatric cardiologist, educator, researcher, medical administrator, and public policy advisor, Dr. Deane is in a unique position to help readers break free of the nightmare we call our healthcare system.
Dr. Deane studied medicine and trained at Yale, Chicago Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Northwestern, and Harvard, and earned his MBA from Anderson Graduate Schools. Dr. Deane combines systems analysis and other management tools with the principles of good medical practice to diagnose and effectively treat sick systems, such as healthcare.
Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at The Children’s Hospital of San Diego, the University of Chicago, and the University of New Mexico, he was also Director of Center for Healthcare Policy at Texas Public Policy Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange. Now Dr. Deane is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Pathology, and Decision Science. His proposals for StatesCare and market-based medicine have the potential to revolutionize healthcare in the U.S.
