{"podcast":{"title":"Is Business Broken?","slug":"is-business-broken-6888253","podcast_index_feed_id":6888253,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BUR9532388141","website_url":"https://ibms.bu.edu/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/250dd7ee-fd87-11ee-b649-2f5d026cb84b/image/1197fa153d54d6704c450ad4fa0252e4.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Questrom School of Business","episode_count":38,"summary":"Conversations about the role of business in society, brought to you by the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society at BU Questrom School of Business.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-10T16:18:49.470824+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-business-broken-6888253"},"episode":{"title":"Why is Healthcare Not Better and Cheaper?","slug":"why-is-healthcare-not-better-and-cheaper","published_at":"2025-03-20T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-business-broken-6888253/why-is-healthcare-not-better-and-cheaper","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-business-broken-6888253","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/284E6C/traffic.megaphone.fm/BUR4508301367.mp3?updated=1741356624","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/284E6C/traffic.megaphone.fm/BUR4508301367.mp3?updated=1741356624","summary":"Innovation is what drives progress—but in healthcare, progress can feel frustratingly slow. New treatments, technologies, and approaches have the potential to save lives and reduce costs, yet systemic barriers often stand in the way. Are financial incentives in this regulated market holding innovation back? If so, how badly? What would it take to realign them? Today, host Curt Nickisch speaks to Jim Rebitzer Professor, Markets, Public Policy & Law, Questrom School of Business, and his brother Bob Rebitzer, National Advisor at Manatt Health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Innovation is what drives progress—but in healthcare, progress can feel frustratingly slow. New treatments, technologies, and approaches have the potentia…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2200,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/is-business-broken-6888253/episodes/why-is-healthcare-not-better-and-cheaper/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-business-broken-6888253/why-is-healthcare-not-better-and-cheaper.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}