Howie and Harlan are joined by trauma surgeon Selwyn Rogers, who reflects on caring for victims of gun violence and speaking with families in their darkest moments—and explains why the problem must be understood as a shared societal responsibility. Harlan examines new evidence suggesting U.S. healthcare spending has grown more slowly than expected; Howie discusses a retracted Lancet article that highlights the risks of undisclosed conflicts of interest.

Show notes:

Healthcare Costs

"Has the United States Bent the Health Care Cost Curve?"

David M. Cutler

"Baumol's cost disease"

Harlan Krumholz: "Out‐of‐Pocket Annual Health Expenditures and Financial Toxicity From Healthcare Costs in Patients With Heart Failure in the United States"

Selwyn Rogers

Selwyn Rogers: Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic: Ending Violence, Rebuilding Communities, and a Trauma Surgeon's Vision for Restoring Hope

Albert Ko

"Selwyn Rogers named associate editor of prestigious New England Journal of Medicine"

Selwyn Rogers: "Hope—Beyond Firearm Trauma"

Selwyn Rogers: "Structural Racism and Firearm Injury: Operationalizing Health Equity in Trauma Care"

Brain Death: What it is, Stages & Criteria

New York Times Live Updates: Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case

Annual Gun Violence Data 2023

Conflicts of Interest

"Retraction: Cosmetic talc powder"

"Historians Unearth a Conflict of Interest, Prompting a Retraction by The Lancet Journal"

Johns Manville Trust Fund and Lawsuits

Mark Lanier

Health & Veritas Episode 215: Arya Singh: Beyond Accessibility

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