Trump’s Healthcare Plan Explained: Markets, Insurance Myths & Why Costs Keep Rising w/Jeremy Nighohossian
Mon Feb 02 2026
In this episode of the Federal Newswire Lunch Hour, host Andrew Langer is joined by economist Jeremy Nighohossian of the Competitive Enterprise Institute to break down President Trump’s latest healthcare proposal—and the deeper structural problems driving America’s healthcare crisis.
They examine why U.S. healthcare is fundamentally a resource economics problem disguised as an insurance debate, how government regulation stifles innovation, and why price transparency, health savings accounts, and market competition matter more than centralized planning. The conversation covers certificates of need, drug pricing, PBMs, physician shortages, AI in medicine, and the unintended consequences of government attempts to “manage” healthcare demand.
A wide-ranging, plain-spoken discussion on why costs keep rising, why reform keeps failing, and what a consumer-driven healthcare system could actually look like.
Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW
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In this episode of the Federal Newswire Lunch Hour, host Andrew Langer is joined by economist Jeremy Nighohossian of the Competitive Enterprise Institute to break down President Trump’s latest healthcare proposal—and the deeper structural problems driving America’s healthcare crisis. They examine why U.S. healthcare is fundamentally a resource economics problem disguised as an insurance debate, how government regulation stifles innovation, and why price transparency, health savings accounts, and market competition matter more than centralized planning. The conversation covers certificates of need, drug pricing, PBMs, physician shortages, AI in medicine, and the unintended consequences of government attempts to “manage” healthcare demand. A wide-ranging, plain-spoken discussion on why costs keep rising, why reform keeps failing, and what a consumer-driven healthcare system could actually look like. Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW