Innovation is crucial for long-term economic prosperity. One area where that’s happening aplenty: medical technology. From a cancer vaccine to an Alzheimer’s blood test to a life-changing exoskeleton, we take you on a tour of the economics of health technology.  Related episodes: The hidden costs of healthcare churn  (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000712502674"target="_blank" >Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2oSgq74jHsUolDJQ7fqwuk?si=9da68a0481994375"target="_blank" >Spotify</a>) More for Palantir, less for mRNA, and a disaster database redemption arc (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000721117302"target="_blank" >Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3rTGq4dvSVZxRKCdQQ81KU?si=ec16bc89e1164cab"target="_blank" >Spotify</a>) It's actually really hard to make a robot, guys (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000706995204"target="_blank" >Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fg62jfArW9vSds0UDXx11?si=552a9dd541b54c38"target="_blank" >Spotify</a>)  For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>.  Fact-checking by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/g-s1-26724/sierra-juarez"target="_blank" >Sierra Juarez</a>. Voice-over by Greg Hardes. Music by <a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/"target="_blank" >Drop Electric</a>. Find us: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney"target="_blank" >TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/"target="_blank" >Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney"target="_blank" >Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money"target="_blank" >Newsletter</a>.  Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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