105 - The US Healthcare System: How We got Here and Where is it Going?

In a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, understanding how we arrived here is essential to navigating what comes next. Panelists provide a streamlined look at how the US healthcare system evolved into today’s high-cost environment and where it is heading, highlighting key historical drivers – such as market consolidation, rising specialty drug costs, and regulatory shifts – and outline emerging trends that will shape future cost pressures and system reforms.