Hosted by Jesse Hendon · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 16 episodes
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Unintended Consequences explores the accidental architectures that define our lives. Hosted by Jesse Hendon, this show dissects how well-meaning decisions in history created the structural traps of today —starting with the US healthcare system.We look past the politics and the "villains" to focus on the mechanics: the incentives, the obscure regulations, and the third-party transactions that broke the price signal. It’s not about mistakes; it’s about the inevitable outcomes of flawed systems.
Jesse Hendon hosts Unintended Consequences, a history show with 16 episodes published.
Learn how price transparency in employer-sponsored health insurance can significantly reduce costs and improve healthcare access. Essential insights for HR professionals and employers. In today's complex healthcare lands
Ever wondered why your health insurance premiums keep rising? Here's what you need to know about the hidden costs. Tag someone who needs to understand this! Meet Sandra, an HR director caught in a web of insurance comple
Employer based health insurance covers over 1/2 of all Americans, however, they're single handedly covering the entire bill! Medicare is subsidized by you and your employer. Medicaid is subsidized by you and your employe
In the final part of our 3 part series on Hospital Pricing, we go into something practical to finish it all up! We explore how you can actually negotiate your bills, like I did! One of the most surprising revelations abo
A liter of saline solution costs about $1 to manufacture. You can buy one on Amazon for $1.50. In an American hospital, that same bag shows up on your bill at anywhere from $100 to $700. This episode is the origin story
In December 2023, Jesse hurt his back. Badly. Slipped disc, fractured lumbar spine, six months of sciatica — and a crash course in everything wrong with how Americans get billed for healthcare. One phone call saved him $
For fifty years, the PBM system grew in the dark — processing trillions in drug transactions while staying invisible to the people paying the bills. Then a few unlikely fighters decided enough was enough. In the finale o
Spread pricing, rebates and vertical integration has created structure in drug distribution that's incentivized the increase in prices to the end point consumer. In today's episode we follow the money. We look at states
This conversation explores the complexities of the American healthcare system, focusing on the role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in drug pricing. It highlights the hidden costs associated with insurance and the ev
When the ACA started, a pregnant woman with no insurance from her job couldn't get covered. Today she can! However we're also going into 2027 with $12,000 MOOP's, plans changing, enrollment avenues changing and the times
In 2017 we'd just had a crazy election, the ACA was a thumbs up away from John McCain from going away and we thought the elimination of Cost Sharing Reduction funding would blow everything up. That was until a clever act
In this episode of Unintended Consequences, Jesse Hendon walks through why the ACA had to exist, why it chose a market-based solution instead of socialized care, and how a series of well-intended design choices reshaped
This episode traces the changing of the Medicare Advantage incentive machine. When risk scores, star bonuses, and vendor ecosystems pushed the system past sustainability, CMS responds with course correction: payment mode
This episode explains how Medicare Advantage shifted from care delivery to score optimization. Star Ratings were introduced as simple transparency tools, similar to reviews, not outcome measures. When money was tied to t
This episode unpacks how this payment model changed everything for American seniors, leading to some surprising outcomes.
The moment healthcare became a third-party transaction, cost discipline disappeared—and it never returned. In this inaugural episode of Unintended Consequences, we track the origin story of the American health insurance
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Unintended Consequences is hosted by Jesse Hendon. The show is categorised under history and has published 16 episodes.
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