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The Dallas Health Plan, Part 3: Take Back Control of the Money | Mark Cuban, Chris Deacon, Marilyn Bartlett (Ep. 57 – Part 3 of 3) (opens the original)
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Subscribe to my YouTube channel for a lot more: https://www.youtube.com/@BenefitWhisperer After examining claims visibility and the contract itself, Part 3 asks the most important question: Who should actually be responsible for managing the money? In the final installment of our three-part series on the City of Dallas health plan, Ralph Weber is joined by Mark Cuban, Chris Deacon, and Marilyn Bartlett to move from diagnosis to possible solutions. The discussion focuses on what active health-pla
The Dallas Health Plan, Part 2: What’s Hiding in the Contract? | Mark Cuban, Chris Deacon, Marilyn Bartlett (Ep. 57 – Part 2 of 3) (opens the original)
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Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for a lot more: http://www.youtube.com/@BenefitWhisperer The headline fee is not always the whole deal. The contract determines what the employer actually agreed to. In Part 2 of our three-part series on the City of Dallas health plan, Ralph Weber is joined by Mark Cuban, Chris Deacon, and Marilyn Bartlett to examine the contract structures, payment arrangements, fees, and incentives that employers and public plans need to understand before signing an agreement. T
The Dallas Health Plan, Part 1: 99% Accurate – – But 99% of What? | Mark Cuban, Chris Deacon, Marilyn Bartlett (Ep. 57 – Part 1 of 3) (opens the original)
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Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for a lot more: http://www.youtube.com/@BenefitWhisperer The City of Dallas is facing rising healthcare costs and the possibility of higher costs or reduced benefits for employees. But before making those decisions, there’s a more fundamental question: Can the people paying the bills actually see and verify what they’re paying for? In Part 1 of this special three-part series of The Benefit Whisperer, Ralph Weber is joined by Mark Cuban, Chris Deacon, and Marilyn B
The Business Model Behind America’s Healthcare Crisis | Elisabeth Rosenthal (Ep. 56) (opens the original)
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What happens when healthcare stops behaving like a public good and starts behaving like a financial business? In this episode of The Benefit Whisperer , Ralph Weber sits down with Elisabeth Rosenthal to examine the business model behind America’s healthcare crisis – and why employers, patients, and families continue to absorb the consequences. Elisabeth argues that healthcare has increasingly become a financial instrument, shaped by opacity, administrative friction, consolidation, and incentives
Health Insurance Is Now the Gatekeeper of Your Death | Matthew Zachary (Ep. 55) (opens the original)
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What happens when your health insurance company has more influence over your treatment than your doctor? In this episode of The Benefit Whisperer , Ralph Weber sits down with patient advocate, cancer survivor, and author Matthew Zachary to discuss why America’s healthcare crisis isn’t just about rising costs – it’s about who controls access to care. Matthew explains why he believes health insurance has become “the gatekeeper of your death,” why millions of patients never appeal denied claims, an
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