The US sometimes seem like another planet — especially its healthcare system. 

There’s no shortage of American medical podcasts, but the fact that it’s the most inefficient healthcare system in the world means their relevance to international listeners is sometimes limited. 

And yes, the Advancing Health podcast by the American Hospital Association falls prey to this occasionally, so there are a few episodes about generic drug prices and Obamacare that you will probably want to judiciously skip.

However, many episodes do broach topics that will be interesting to Australian listeners, covering global, system-wide topics such as finding alternatives to opioids and cutting unnecessary interventions.