Is U.S. health care in a 'gilded age'?

A New Yorker article argues that we are in "the gilded age of medicine." So what does that mean for U.S. health care? Dr. Dhruv Khullar, associate professor of health and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College and contributing writer at the New Yorker, joins "America Decides" to discuss his piece.

[MH-pzwf]

We have been in A Gilded Age for any business since Reagan.

[tadmarshall]

Private equity destroys everything it touches.

[DerekDAngel]

Do you guys remember when Americans started going to Canada and Mexico for treatment and medication until the government closed that loophole? I wonder how much the insurance companies paid the U.S Government to do so?

[jessetorres]

We need Medicare-For-All/a universal healthcare system in The United States! What's more "pro-life" then ensuring everyone living here has guaranteed affordable healthcare regardless of their job? If we all have access to healthcare, we would have the "freedom" to live long lives without having to worry about medical bankruptcies. Taxes will go up, but overall medical bills will go down. If some of us need additional healthcare, then we have the "choice" to acquire private insurance. If every other developed country (Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Israel, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, & New Zealand) can implement this system & save money, then why can't The United States do the same to help "Make America Great Again" for everyone when it comes to healthcare? Finally, if people in The United States die from a lack of access to affordable health insurance then we are failing our country's promise of defending "life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" for its citizens as well as "promoting the general welfare" of everyone living here.

[boardcertifiable]

Change the title and topic to: We Are in A Gilded Age

[jcrva]

“There’s class warfare alright, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning” - Warren Buffet

[JimmyJJ-yk]

Abolish For Profit "Health Care" or the greedy, will always be hovering, like vultures, analyzing for an opportunity to extract as much profit as possible.

[RenzoTx]

The insurance and pharmaceutical industry profits are linked directly to government spending. At the same time, their focus is on maximizing profit for their shareholders. The customer/patient is an afterthought.

[iam]

The country is in a new guilded age. Maybe on the low ends of society meritocracy still exists. But above a certain threshold it's an evil corporatocracy. AND WE ARE TIRED OF IT! The biggest take away from the last week is that vigilatism works. It's highly effective. This has moved the conversation on healthcare in this country forward by decades. Much more than decades of useless voting has

[samasbeck]

Not just healthcare- our entire economy and society

[abbyr]

No- the entire United States is living in the New Gilded Age.

Please report these things correctly.

[kittyfeline]

It's not just healthcare, it's the whole economy!

[CYR]

First, start with their salaries. Hospital and Healthcare personnel receive millions upon millions in bonuses alone, every year.

[johndicksonkaraoke]

The Americans Need Universal Healthcare.

[jm]

It’s not just health insurance, but many industries in this country. We are living in a second gilded age and the haves are crushing the have-nots. Corporations are, by and large, out of control.

[brokenbravo]

If by "gilded age" you mean a death spiral... Then yes

[Ubel_hope]

Media, Politicians, and Corporations have made their choice.

PROFIT over the PEOPLE. 🙄

It’s not FEEL. IT IS! 😤

[tamtammaine]

This is what happens when profits are put above humanity. How much darkness do we need before we see the light.

[momogato]

Absolutely true statement.

Our healthcare system is actually detrimental to our overall economy.

It devolves more middle-class income families into third-world financial situations than anything else--and it does it quickly, too.

[kayamann]

We’ve been in the gilded age in every market for a few decades now