Chandler Chat 489 Eric Alper, MD

On this episode of the Chandler Chat, host Harriette Chandler welcomes Dr. Eric J. Alper, a doctor specializing in Hospital Medicine at UMass Memorial Health, to discuss the state of the for-profit US healthcare system, with patients facing ever rising costs caused by administerial bloat and corporate greed. They discuss the health insurance industry, a new trend in treating patients at home to reduce overcrowding in care facilities, and what the future of American healthcare looks like with federal budget cuts, a lack of Primary Care Physicians, the politicization of medicine and science and the erosion of trust in experts.

Posted April 10th 2026 6:14pm.

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