Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Recorded in Windham, New Hampshire, on June 27, 2026. Special thanks to Joe and Tracy Matarese for sponsoring this event.
Charles Sauer profiles four healthcare entrepreneurs who built functioning free-market alternatives to the broken hospital system before turning to Washington to explain why Capitol Hill is not the solution, walking through the government-created distortions that sustain the status quo.
2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray's 100th birthday—and we're celebrating by giving away free copies of The Origins of the Federal Reserve through July 31. Grab yours today at mises.org/HAPodFree
0:00 Intro: Translating Economics for Capitol Hill
1:08 Dr. Keith Smith and Transparent Pricing
3:31 Market Competition Forces Hospitals to Respond
7:33 The Capitol Hill Briefing: One Person Shows Up
9:51 Josh Umber and Direct Primary Care
12:00 Dr. Madrigal's Cash-Only Practice
13:42 Medibid: The Reverse Auction for Healthcare
16:00 Government Gets in the Way: Site Neutrality
20:05 Medicare Advantage and Up-Coding
24:12 The Original Sin: The Employer Exemption
26:03 The Solution Is Not Capitol Hill
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Recorded in Windham, New Hampshire, on June 27, 2026. Special thanks to Joe and Tracy Matarese for sponsoring this event.
Charles Sauer profiles four healthcare entrepreneurs who built functioning free-market alternatives to the broken hospital system before turning to Washington to explain why Capitol Hill is not the solution, walking through the government-created distortions that sustain the status quo.
2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray's 100th birthday—and we're celebrating by giving away free copies of The Origins of the Federal Reserve through July 31. Grab yours today at mises.org/HAPodFree
0:00 Intro: Translating Economics for Capitol Hill
1:08 Dr. Keith Smith and Transparent Pricing
3:31 Market Competition Forces Hospitals to Respond
7:33 The Capitol Hill Briefing: One Person Shows Up
9:51 Josh Umber and Direct Primary Care
12:00 Dr. Madrigal's Cash-Only Practice
13:42 Medibid: The Reverse Auction for Healthcare
16:00 Government Gets in the Way: Site Neutrality
20:05 Medicare Advantage and Up-Coding
24:12 The Original Sin: The Employer Exemption
26:03 The Solution Is Not Capitol Hill
Find free books, daily articles, podcasts, lecture series, and everything about the Austrian School of Economics at https://Mises.org.
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Apple Podcasts ► podcasts.apple.com/us/artist/mises-institute/1280664810
Rumble ► rumble.com/c/c-2212754
Odysee ► odysee.com/@mises
Podcasts ► mises.org/podcasts
