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Each month on Last Month In Healthcare, producer Nathaniel joins me to discuss the previous month's podcasts, headlines, and listener-submitted questions. This month, we were joined in studio by Shawn Ferguson from Acrisure!
This episode covers healthcare news from May 2025, including:
- Trump's 'most favored nation' executive order
- AI in the FDA
- FDA's plan to review chemicals in our food supply
- Prices for new drugs doubling in the last 4 years
- Hospitals outsourcing minor surgeries
- The DOJ lawsuit against Aetna, Elevance, and Humana
And we play a new game called the Macro Matchup, where Spencer and Shawn attempt to guess the calories, sugar, fat, and protein of 4 very unhealthy fast food items.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:01 - Healthcare Headlines
18:21 - The Self-Funded Review
31:29 - Macro Match-up (this month's game)
38:06 - Ask Spencer Anything
Sources:
- https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/trump-most-favored-nations-drug-pricing-plan/747761/
- https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-centers-deploy-ai-internally-immediately-2025-05-08/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fda-plans-review-chemicals-us-food-supply-official-says-2025-05-15/
- https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/prices-new-us-drugs-doubled-4-years-focus-rare-disease-grows-2025-05-22/
- https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/innovation/healthcare-diversified-hospitals-are-outsourcing-minor-surgeries
- https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/us-files-false-claims-complaint-against-three-health-insurers-2025-05-01/
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