Introducing Reinier Schuur and the Pursuit of Health Podcast
Caspar Safarlou interviews Reinier Schuur about how he got into health policy, his vision for Americans for Free Choice in Medicine, and the purpose this podcast.
Colleen Smith and her pursuit of health in emergency medicine
Colleen Smith shares her story of how she got into emergency medicine and what she is doing to advocate for her values in the American healthcare system.
Lin Zinser on advocating for free markets in healthcare
Lin Zinser shares her story of how she got involved in successfully advocating against the 208 healthcare commission in Colorado in 2008. Get inspiration and practical advice on how you too can become an advocate for free markets in healthcare.
Jared Rhoads on training the next generation of free market health policy advocates
Academic programs in health policy have a bias against free-market ideas, leaving students who want a market-oriented perspective with no real alternatives in academia. In this episode, Jared Rhoads shares how he came to launch the Center for Modern Health, which aims to fill that gap and help train the next generation of health policy advocates for free markets.
Amesh Adalja on Private Versus Public Health
A free market in healthcare is based on the recognition that your health is your own. Yet there is a legitimate role of government in the realm of public health. In this episode, Reinier Schuur discusses with Dr. Amesh Adalja the crucial distinction between private and public health, and what the legitimate and illegitimate roles of government are in the realm of public health.
