MedPage Today June 4, 2024
Jeremy Faust, Emily Hutto

— Jerome Adams, MD, discusses how we could systematically lower healthcare costs

In part 2 of this exclusive video interview, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, and Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, discuss Adams’s recent emergency department (ED) bill and why the U.S. spends more on healthcare than other developed countries.

Adams was the 20th U.S. Surgeon General and is currently the director of health equity at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. In his conversations with Faust, they previously discussed the contribution of the medical-legal environment.

The following is a transcript of their remarks:

Faust: Let’s talk about the prices, because the prices are so — as you say in your piece — the transparency is not there.

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