# Don Berwick MD: How to fix American healthcare: Part 2

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Podcast: [20-Minute Health Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/20-minute-health-talk-1374696)
Published: 2026-06-11T13:32:44+00:00
Episode link: https://northwell.podbean.com/e/don-berwick-how-to-fix-american-healthcare-20-minute-health-talk-podcast-part-2/
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## Resource

Dr. Berwick challenges some basic assumptions: Does competition truly drive innovation in health care? He argues that cooperation often outperforms competition, citing VA-led safety advances and national patient-safety collaboratives at CMS (like the Partnership for Patients) that rewarded results and spread what worked.

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