video pub. Aug 3, 2026
Pressure Points: The Complicated Drivers of Health Costs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDqSva5489YHealthcare Triage (in partnership with AcademyHealth) breaks down why US health care spending, at about 18% of GDP and nearly double many peer countries, keeps rising: not one villain but a stack of higher prices, rising utilization of new treatments added on top of old ones, coverage gaps, administrative overhead, and underfunded chronic-disease prevention.