Civil Discourse

In Episode 4 of Civil Discourse, Todd interviews Josh Mandel about the importance of spending transparency in government and how it might apply to the healthcare industry. Mandel was the Treasurer of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, where he launched OhioCheckbook.com. The website publicly reports government spending in an effort to increase transparency and accountability in government. Mandel believes that these public platforms can empower voters and increase citizens’ engagement. To support Mandel’s

On Episode 3, Todd Furniss interviews John C. Goodman, renowned economist and President & CEO of The Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research.In his 2012 book Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis, Goodman asserts that empowering both patients and caregivers to control healthcare decisions produces greater patient satisfaction at substantially lower costs. The book emphasizes the importance that patients, payers, and providers each operate according to economic incentives that encourage

On Episode 2, Todd Furniss interviews Jim Denison of The Denison Forum to discuss the morality of profit in healthcare. Is it moral to profit from other's suffering? Are there ways as a society we could improve the system to provide top of the line healthcare without financial incentives? To learn more about Jim Denison visit: https://www.denisonforum.org/ To learn more about Todd Furniss visit:https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-furniss-aba27/https://thesixtypercentsolution.com/

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Civil Discourse, a podcast where participants are free to share their ideas, show empathy for other's perspective, with the intention to advance to a better solution to fix a societal ill. We will focus on topics that are particularly complicated. On Episode 1, Todd Furniss interviews Jim Denison of the Denison Forum to delve into what Civil Discourse actually is, and how one can engage in conversations with others towards a common goal without always agreeing