# How technology might transform health care

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2017-11-26

benchmark-capital, bill-gurley, canada, ezra-klein, health-care, health-care-reform, obamacare, podcast, singapore, technology, uncategorized, venture-capital, western-europe

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Below is an interesting podcast with venture capitalist [Bill Gurley](https://twitter.com/bgurley?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) talking about how technology might transform and improve health care.

Based on their discussion, the US spends about 17-18% of GDP on health care. In most Western European countries and in Canada, it’s about half of that.

In Singapore, it’s only 4% of GDP and there doesn’t appear to be any demonstrable differences in terms of health outcomes.

If you can’t see the podcast embedded below, [click here](https://art19.com/shows/the-ezra-klein-show/episodes/5bef0efc-97ce-412b-89dc-cb5d9d476f6f).

[https://art19.com/shows/the-ezra-klein-show/episodes/5bef0efc-97ce-412b-89dc-cb5d9d476f6f/embed?theme=dark-blue](https://art19.com/shows/the-ezra-klein-show/episodes/5bef0efc-97ce-412b-89dc-cb5d9d476f6f/embed?theme=dark-blue)

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