Broken Healthcare
“Broken Healthcare” isn’t just another podcast exposing flaws in the healthcare system—it’s a movement. Hosted by the entertaining and knowledgeable Ray Kober, we pull back the curtain on the hidden forces driving up costs and making care confusing. Whether you’re an employer, an industry insider, or just someone tired of overpriced, low-quality care, we arm you with the insights to fight back. Get real stories, expert insights, and actionable solutions to take control of healthcare decisions—because better choices start with better information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The U.S. healthcare system is failing millions of patients with diabetes and chronic disease. My guest, Dr. Arti Thangudu, an endocrinologist, disruptor, and patient advocate, saw it firsthand—and decided to do something radical.
After leaving one of the largest endocrine clinics in the country, Dr. Thangudu launched her own direct care practice, Complete Medicine, proving that real outcomes—lower A1Cs, fewer hospitalizations, a...
The U.S. healthcare system is broken—and today, we’re pulling back the curtain on one of the most misunderstood programs driving billions of dollars in drug pricing.
In this episode of Broken Healthcare, Ray Kober sits down with Thomas Johnson—an attorney by trade and Executive Director of the Alliance to Save America’s 340B Program (ASAP 340B)—to uncover the truth about how the 340B drug pricing program, originally designed to ...
We’re live in Salt Lake City at Ascend 2025 with the incredible Naama O. Pozniak — entrepreneur, meditation guide, health insurance disruptor, and true believer that we can turn “sick care” into real healthcare.
In this episode, Naama shares her journey from running an insurance agency to leading global meditation sessions, her chance encounter with Deepak Chopra, and why meditation is more than just a practice — it’s medicine f...
Take a mindful pause with Naama O. Pozniak as she leads a powerful guided meditation — recorded live at Ascend 2025 in Salt Lake City.
In just a few minutes, Naama helps us:
✨ Release stress + tension
✨ Reconnect with breath, body, and spirit
✨ Center ourselves with gratitude and compassion
Whether you’re new to meditation or a longtime practitioner, this short session is the perfect reset for your day.
#Meditation #Guided...
In this in-studio episode of the Broken Healthcare Podcast, host Ray Kober sits down with David C Smith, Senior Vice President at eBen Benefits, for a powerful conversation on how employers can finally take control of their healthcare costs while improving care for employees.
David’s path is unique: he went to law school and worked as an attorney before ultimately finding his calling in the benefits and insurance industry. That ...
In this powerful live episode of the Broken Healthcare Podcast, recorded at ASCEND 2025 in Salt Lake City, host Ray Kober sits down with Jessica Brooks-Woods, CEO of the Executive Leadership Council and former CEO of the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health, to discuss how employers can transform healthcare for their people.
Jessica brings a unique perspective on the intersection of equity, business, and healthcare strategy. She ...
In this special episode of the Broken Healthcare Podcast, filmed live at ASCEND 2025 in Salt Lake City, host Ray Kober sits down with David Kinsey, Vice President of Partnerships & Sales for TempoPay and PayMedix, to discuss how his companies are helping employers and employees take control of rising healthcare costs.
David shares powerful insights into the financial struggles employees face today:
“60% of the U.S. popula...
🔥 Live from Ascend 2025 in Salt Lake City! Host Ray Kober sits down with Trace Voshell of GoGoMeds for a powerful conversation on fitness, discipline, pharmacy disruption, and why fixing healthcare starts with doing the uncomfortable work — in and out of the gym.
Trace brings his background in college baseball, CrossFit, bowhunting, and pharmaceutical sales to shed light on how GoGoMeds is shaking up the industry with affordabl...
Is your company overpaying for healthcare? Discover how captive insurance is changing the game for employers in this episode of Broken Healthcare.
Host Ray Kober sits down with Phil Holowka, founder of Complete Captive and MedTrans Ltd., and Rob Zwirn, CFO of Action Ambulance, to unpack the truth about employer healthcare spend—and how to take back control.
💥 Key Takeaways:
- What exactly is a captive insurance model—and ho...
In this eye-opening episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with Shawn Gremminger, President & CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, to expose why healthcare feels out of control — and what employers can actually do about it.
Shawn brings decades of insider knowledge from Capitol Hill, lobbying firms, and national coalitions to reveal how policy, politics, and industry forces shape t...
In this powerful episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with Jeff Bak, CEO of Imagine360, to dismantle the myths around employer-sponsored healthcare and reveal how reference-based pricing (RBP) is slashing costs, improving care access, and offering a real alternative to bloated PPO plans.
🚨 If you're an employer, broker, CFO, or HR leader sick of runaway healthcare costs — this is the episode you can't afford t...
What if your city could save millions AND give employees better healthcare?
In this eye-opening episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with Jolee Perez, Director of Employee Benefits for the City of McAllen, Texas. She shares how her team broke away from the broken system, embraced Direct Primary Care, and revolutionized healthcare for over 3,000 lives—saving the city $8 million in just two years.
👉 Discover ...
What happens when two badass HR rebels crash the Broken Healthcare podcast? A hilarious, brutally honest takedown of burnout, broken systems, and the BS that’s choking workplace sanity.
Join host Ray Kober as he welcomes Keri Ohlrich, PhD, and Kelly Guenther, co-authors of “Whatever the Hell You Want”, for an unfiltered convo on:
🔥 The real reason HR gets a bad rap (spoiler: it's not just The Office)
📉 How broken benefits an...
In this eye-opening episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with Shay Forbes, Head of Employer Solutions at Turquoise Health, to expose the shocking truth about healthcare pricing.
💥 Shay shares how the same MRI can cost $4,000 at a hospital—or just $450 across the street. Together, they dig into the hidden world of machine-readable files, price transparency laws, and how employers can take control of skyrocketin...
In this powerful episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with healthcare transformation leader Keith Pinter, CEO of AristaMD, to expose the truth about America's healthcare crisis — and reveal the revolutionary solutions that are already changing the game.
From jaw-dropping stories of medical inefficiency and outrageously long wait times to innovative tech that empowers primary care doctors and slashes unnecessary...
In this powerhouse episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with Dr. Mary O’Connor — a former Olympic-level rower, nationally recognized orthopedic surgeon, and trailblazer for healthcare equity. From her protest days at Yale that reshaped Title IX enforcement to leading at Mayo Clinic and reforming care delivery at Vori Health, Dr. O'Connor's journey is anything but ordinary.
We dive deep into:
- The emotional to...
📣 In this explosive episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with bestselling author and marketing strategist Steve Napolitan — a man who built a thriving business with clients like Apple and Intel… then walked away from the grind after life hit hard.
💥 After being diagnosed with Guillain–Barré Syndrome (GBS) — a rare neurological disorder that left him temporarily paralyzed — Steve was forced to confront the hig...
How do you provide quality healthcare to thousands of employees—many of them hourly, spread across multiple states—with costs rising and transparency shrinking?
In this eye-opening episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with seasoned HR leader Amanda White, who pulls back the curtain on what it's really like to manage benefits for a workforce where affordability isn’t a perk—it’s survival.
🎧 What you'll hear:
...In this episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with Mike Stancil, a reform-minded healthcare executive and former CEO of the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health. Now at the forefront of ethical PBM transformation with AffirmedRx, Mike unpacks the dysfunction of the U.S. pharmacy benefit system — from opaque rebate schemes to profit-driven care decisions — and lays out a bold new model that puts people before profit.
...In this episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with Carey and Batya from The Big Plan to unpack one of the most disruptive ideas in employee healthcare benefits today — ICHRAs (Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements).
✅ What is an ICHRA and why should employers care?
✅ Can it actually lower costs and offer better employee coverage?
✅ Why more brokers and businesses are waking up to this game-changing...
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