Healthcare is suddenly back on the U.S. political agenda, and it remains one of the most important and misunderstood issues in the country. On this episode of Numbers Geek, former Microsoft CEO and USAFacts founder Steve Ballmer explains the handful of key numbers he uses to understand and track the state of U.S. healthcare.

<p>Healthcare is suddenly back on the U.S. political agenda, and it remains one of the most important and misunderstood issues in the country. On this episode of Numbers Geek, former Microsoft CEO and USAFacts founder Steve Ballmer explains the handful of key numbers he uses to understand and track the state of U.S. healthcare.</p>

Numbers Geek is the podcast where we use numbers and data to make sense of the world.  We take on issues from education to politics to basketball and beyond — with leaders in business, tech and entertainment. Our resident Numbers Geek is Steve Ballmer,  the former Microsoft CEO and current owner of the L.A. Clippers.  Numbers Geek is a GeekWire podcast, produced in partnership with USAFacts, the nonprofit data initiative founded by Ballmer.

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