The breathtaking pace at which the Covid-19 pandemic upended American society and commerce with lingering effects has scores of lessons that will teach future generations how society should grapple with a debilitating public health crisis while preserving economic vitality, political function, and social cohesion.

In this episode of The Cost of Care, David Smith dives deep into how Covid-19 was a stress test for the American healthcare system, the wins, the losses, and where we go from here.


Read the full paper from Third Horizon Strategies here: https://thirdhorizonstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/COVID-as-a-stress-test-v2.pdf

The breathtaking pace at which the Covid-19 pandemic upended American society and commerce with lingering effects has scores of lessons that will teach future generations how society should grapple with a debilitating public health crisis while preserving economic vitality, political function, and social cohesion.
In this episode of The Cost of Care, David Smith dives deep into how Covid-19 was a stress test for the American healthcare system, the wins, the losses, and where we go from here.
 Read the full paper from Third Horizon Strategies here: <a href="https://thirdhorizonstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/COVID-as-a-stress-test-v2.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thirdhorizonstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/COVID-as-a-stress-test-v2.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1674144892077000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1iAH_Ika45WJ2TMLpymyLV">https://thirdhorizonstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/COVID-as-a-stress-test-v2.pdf</a>

What's your life worth? Healthcare in the United States can bankrupt you, demoralize you—or actually kill you. Healthcare economist David Smith grew up in a Mormon community in Utah, and lost his father, sister, and brother to the same deadly epidemic. He’s spent his career exploring whether their deaths were preventable and how we can make health a priority for everyone. On The Cost of Care, David and his guests – patients, medical experts, and policy makers – reveal how the wealthiest nation on earth ended up with one of the most expensive, worst-performing health care systems in the world and provide solutions to fix it, together.

What's your life worth? Healthcare in the United States can bankrupt you, demoralize you—or actually kill you. Healthcare economist David Smith grew up in a Mormon community in Utah, and lost his father, sister, and brother to the same deadly epidemic. He’s spent his career exploring whether their deaths were preventable and how we can make health a priority for everyone. On The Cost of Care, David and his guests – patients, medical experts, and policy makers – reveal how the wealthiest nation on earth ended up with one of the most expensive, worst-performing health care systems in the world and provide solutions to fix it, together.

The Cost of Care

COVID-19: A Stress Test for the American Healthcare System

This week we’re dropping in your feed to tell you about a new Lemonada show, Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown. Whether we’re young or old, part of the sandwich generation or child-free, care is universal. In this seven-part series, actress and caregiver Yvette Nicole Brown looks at caregiving over the course of a lifetime, exploring the lives of everyday people, spotlighting the daily dramas, hardships and joys of caregiving across America. So many of us are caught up in the challenges of providing care and love across generations, all while juggling the demands of work and family, navigating a system that wasn’t designed with care and love in mind. 

You’re about to hear a clip from the first episode, where Yvette Nicole Brown talks to Stephanie Wittels Wachs, co-founder of Lemonada Media, a mom of two, and a primary caregiver for her dad, who has Parkinson's. On the surface, Stephanie manages her kids’ extracurriculars, visits to her dad's care facility, work meetings, hikes with her husband, and never ending grocery store trips. But on the inside, she’s sinking into quicksand. 

To hear more of Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown, head to: https://lemonada.lnk.to/Squeezedfd

This week we’re dropping in your feed to tell you about a new Lemonada show, Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown. Whether we’re young or old, part of the sandwich generation or child-free, care is universal. In this seven-part series, actress and caregiver Yvette Nicole Brown looks at caregiving over the course of a lifetime, exploring the lives of everyday people, spotlighting the daily dramas, hardships and joys of caregiving across America. So many of us are caught up in the challenges of providing care and love across generations, all while juggling the demands of work and family, navigating a system that wasn’t designed with care and love in mind. 
You’re about to hear a clip from the first episode, where Yvette Nicole Brown talks to Stephanie Wittels Wachs, co-founder of Lemonada Media, a mom of two, and a primary caregiver for her dad, who has Parkinson's. On the surface, Stephanie manages her kids’ extracurriculars, visits to her dad's care facility, work meetings, hikes with her husband, and never ending grocery store trips. But on the inside, she’s sinking into quicksand. 
To hear more of Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown, head to: <a href="https://lemonada.lnk.to/Squeezedfd">https://lemonada.lnk.to/Squeezedfd</a>

Listen Now: Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown

We’ve all heard about the amazing advances in genetic testing and personalized diagnoses. What’s incredible is that these resources are increasingly accessible to each of us, allowing us to anticipate and plan for the uncertainties that lie at some future date. We talk to someone who literally had their life saved through these personalized, preventive measures along with an expert who unpacks where this exciting field is heading.



Special thanks to our season two sponsor Thorne. Thorne believes personalized, scientific wellness can extend the duration of one's health span, create happier and healthier lives, and feel one’s best at every age and life stage. Visit the Lemonada Media Thorne Storefront at www.thorne.com/u/care for 10% off your first order. 

We’ve all heard about the amazing advances in genetic testing and personalized diagnoses. What’s incredible is that these resources are increasingly accessible to each of us, allowing us to anticipate and plan for the uncertainties that lie at some future date. We talk to someone who literally had their life saved through these personalized, preventive measures along with an expert who unpacks where this exciting field is heading.
 
Special thanks to our season two sponsor Thorne. Thorne believes personalized, scientific wellness can extend the duration of one's health span, create happier and healthier lives, and feel one’s best at every age and life stage. Visit the Lemonada Media Thorne Storefront at <a href="http://www.thorne.com/u/care" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.thorne.com/u/care&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705535974045000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0tyHFBWFGXlMqHLDedl14K">www.thorne.com/u/care</a> for 10% off your first order.

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a $4 Trillion Dollars of the Cure

We’re dropping in your feed today to let you know about another Lemonada Media show that we think you’ll want to tune in for. It’s called The Defenders. On Friday, June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, it's been a barrage of bad news and bleak headlines. But for every restriction, there are many more acts of resistance, and a growing network of activists, clinic workers, faith leaders, and everyday people working to expand access to care. This is the story of the fight for freedom in a post-Roe America, co-hosted by Samantha Bee and Gloria Riviera. 



In this episode of The Defenders, we follow religious leaders. Reproductive rights and religion may not feel like they go hand in hand. But in Atlanta, Black faith leaders are challenging that by talking about abortion…in church.


To hear more of The Defenders, head to: https://lemonada.lnk.to/thedefenders

We’re dropping in your feed today to let you know about another Lemonada Media show that we think you’ll want to tune in for. It’s called The Defenders. On Friday, June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, it's been a barrage of bad news and bleak headlines. But for every restriction, there are many more acts of resistance, and a growing network of activists, clinic workers, faith leaders, and everyday people working to expand access to care. This is the story of the fight for freedom in a post-Roe America, co-hosted by Samantha Bee and Gloria Riviera. 
 
In this episode of The Defenders, we follow religious leaders. Reproductive rights and religion may not feel like they go hand in hand. But in Atlanta, Black faith leaders are challenging that by talking about abortion…in church.
 To hear more of The Defenders, head to: <a href="https://lemonada.lnk.to/thedefenders">https://lemonada.lnk.to/thedefenders</a>

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