The American healthcare industry represents $4.5 trillion annually and accounts for nearly one-fifth of our nation’s Gross Domestic Product. Not only did I grow up the daughter of a doctor and social worker, but I am also the CEO of a medical center and university healthcare educator, having worked in the healthcare industry for nearly 20 years. In a weekly podcast, Working Healthcare, I will interview varied healthcare leaders with the goal of making you more aware, not angrier, by helping you to make sense of an increasingly upside-down industry. We will dive deep into the many professions within healthcare to breakdown how American healthcare and health insurance works, explore opportunities in this continuously growing field and bring you the outrageous and absurd by enlightening you on its inner workings.