#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Brigham Buhler is a healthcare entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Ways2Well, and co-founder of ReviveRx Pharmacy. American healthcare stands apart from any other system in the world. While some argue it has the potential to be the best, for many, it feels like the worst. Sky-high costs, an overreliance on prescriptions, and systemic inefficiencies suggest something is deeply broken. Why is this the case, and what can be done to fix it? Expect to learn what the number one reason for bankruptcy in America is, what the average state of health is for the average American and how it compares to the rest of the world, why so many American’s are on Pharmaceutical drugs, what drugs Americans are taking that are causing the most damage, what is happening with the Food industry’s corporate capture of food, how much of an impact RFK can really have on changing the pharmaceutical and food system, the simple changes that can improve American healthcare and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get $350 off the Pod 4 Ultra at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom Get the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The number one cause of bankruptcy in America is healthcare costs.
0:05.9	100%.
0:06.6	Why?
0:07.4	How did we end up there?
0:08.7	It's a long, twisted road.
0:10.3	One of the things I've talked about a lot is, you know, in medicine, if you're going to
0:15.1	understand or treat a disease state, you have to find the root cause.
0:20.0	And if we go to find the root cause of the broken health care system in America, it runs deep.
0:24.7	And it's insidious and it's widespread.
0:27.8	So it's a lot to unpack.
0:29.1	But it starts with our food, our diet, our lifestyle, our nutrition, our food sources.
0:35.3	What you and I were talking about right before we went on the air is all the contaminants in our food, all the ingredients in our food.
0:41.6	You know, a good friend of mine, Bonnie Hari, has been beating the drum on all these media outlets lately exposing.
0:48.0	Like in the United States, in the 80s, we had 700 approved ingredients in our food.
0:53.4	Now we have 10,000. In Europe, it's still close to 700.
0:58.2	Why in America do we have 10,000? One set of ingredients for Americans in the same factory
1:03.8	and a different set of ingredients for Canadians, whether it's fruit loops or whatever it is, but that's one
1:09.5	component of the issue.
1:11.6	Then we go to the checks and balances.
1:14.1	Like, if we have a primary care in America that only has six minutes with a patient and they're
1:19.6	controlled by what the insurance companies do, the main message that I have for people is
1:24.7	it comes down to corporate capture.
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