Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How do we fix the American healthcare system? On this episode of Bold Names, we ask David Cordani, the chairman and CEO of one of America’s biggest health insurers – the Cigna Group. He says rising healthcare costs are driven by two powerful forces: growing demand for care and increasingly expensive new drugs and treatments. But Cordani is still optimistic. He joins WSJ’s Tim Higgins and David Wainer to explain what role insurers play in bringing down costs and how the U.S. can make healthcare more affordable.
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
2:04 - Addressing Mental Health Challenges
3:52 - Why Focus on Employer Plans
6:15 - Business Roundtable Mental Health Initiative
7:14 - Rising Healthcare Costs
10:32 - Four Ways to Lower Costs
12:45 - Prior Authorizations
14:17 - Fixing the American Healthcare System
16:31 - Federal Government's Role
18:05 - Medicare Advantage Market
19:51 - Response to UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing
22:58 - Reasons for Optimism
WSJ’s Bold Names brings you conversations with the leaders of the bold-named companies featured in the pages of The Wall Street Journal. Hosts Tim Higgins and Christopher Mims speak to CEOs and business leaders in interviews that challenge conventional wisdom and take you inside the decisions being made in the C-suite and beyond.
Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com
#Tech #Business #WSJ
How do we fix the American healthcare system? On this episode of Bold Names, we ask David Cordani, the chairman and CEO of one of America’s biggest health insurers – the Cigna Group. He says rising healthcare costs are driven by two powerful forces: growing demand for care and increasingly expensive new drugs and treatments. But Cordani is still optimistic. He joins WSJ’s Tim Higgins and David Wainer to explain what role insurers play in bringing down costs and how the U.S. can make healthcare more affordable.
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
2:04 - Addressing Mental Health Challenges
3:52 - Why Focus on Employer Plans
6:15 - Business Roundtable Mental Health Initiative
7:14 - Rising Healthcare Costs
10:32 - Four Ways to Lower Costs
12:45 - Prior Authorizations
14:17 - Fixing the American Healthcare System
16:31 - Federal Government's Role
18:05 - Medicare Advantage Market
19:51 - Response to UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing
22:58 - Reasons for Optimism
WSJ’s Bold Names brings you conversations with the leaders of the bold-named companies featured in the pages of The Wall Street Journal. Hosts Tim Higgins and Christopher Mims speak to CEOs and business leaders in interviews that challenge conventional wisdom and take you inside the decisions being made in the C-suite and beyond.
Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com
#Tech #Business #WSJ
