Matters of Policy & Politics
Hoover Institution
4.6from 501 ratings
- 193
- Episodes
- 44
- Transcribed
- 501
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Matters of Policy & Politics
Matters of Policy & Politics is a Hoover Institution podcast devoted to matters of governance and balance of power at home and abroad. It is hosted by Hoover fellow Bill Whalen.
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution
- Category
- government · history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Feb 2022
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
44 of 193 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Medicare Time Bomb: Can Washington Defuse It?
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Weathering the Storms: Steven Koonin on Data Centers, Energy Strategies and Climate Change
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
California Update: Did Bonta Get Rolled? Is High-Speed Rail Doomed? Is Newsom Angling for 2028?
Inside a recent episode
The Medicare Time Bomb: Can Washington Defuse It?
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But even if we got one or two or three of these, $300 billion over 10 years is still $300 billion out of $10 trillion. There are really large changes that need to happen to get Medicare in particular in line fiscally. Now, you and Longhi Chen just wrote a piece for JAMA Health Forum. JAMA, of course, the Journal of the American Medical Association. Let me read a passage of it back to you, Tom. I want you to explain this quote. There are two approaches to reducing the overall fiscal burden of the program. First, overall top line outlays could decrease. Second, more dedicated revenue could be raised by revising the share of medical expenses covered by enrollees through premiums and cost sharing. […]
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- Steven Koonin
- Philip Zelikow
- Peter Berkowitz
- Stephen Haber
- Simone D’Amico
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- 4.6 / 5
- 481 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 20 ratings
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- YouTube
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- Engagement
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