
Insights / Podcast episode•Mar 25, 2021
Incentives and the Race to Vaccinate
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Joshua Gottlieb, David Pitrak
With COVID-19 variants proliferating, administering vaccines as quickly as possible is a key policy priority....
Topics:
Health care, COVID-19

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Watch: Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability
Read Unedited Transcript In a new working paper, Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine...
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COVID-19, Health care

Insights / Podcast episode•Dec 17, 2020
A Vaccine for Billions
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Michael Kremer, Canice Prendergast
The economic benefits of ending the COVID-19 pandemic even one day earlier are enormous. Michael...
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COVID-19, Health care

Insights / Podcast episode•Dec 03, 2020
Pre-existing Confusion: The US Health Insurance System
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Katherine Baicker, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Stacy Lindau
The American health insurance system is complex, politically divisive, in need of reform, and facing...
Topics:
Health care, COVID-19

Insights / Podcast episode•Oct 08, 2020
Deep Dive Series – The Health Care Conundrum, Part 2
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Katherine Baicker, Stacy Lindau, Neale Mahoney, David Meltzer, Kenneth Polonsky
The US pays roughly twice as much per person for healthcare as other wealthy nations....
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COVID-19, Health care

Insights / Podcast episode•Sep 24, 2020
Deep Dive Series – The Health Care Conundrum, Part 1
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Katherine Baicker, Pietro Tebaldi
The global pandemic has revealed critical gaps and weaknesses in the US health care system....
Topics:
COVID-19, Health care

Insights / Podcast episode•Jul 30, 2020
Episode 16: How to Price a Vaccine?
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Katherine Baicker, Richard Thaler
Under both pandemic and economic stress, how will the market perform when it comes to...
Topics:
COVID-19, Health care
Insights / Research Brief•Dec 10, 2019
Does One Medicare Fit All? The Economics of Uniform Health Insurance Benefits
When politicians and policymakers worry about the cost of health care, the affordability of prescription medications is often front and center. Given the present focus on prescription drug costs, it may surprise some readers to learn that medications were not included in the original Medicare program enacted in 1965; there were not enough expensive drug treatments to concern policymakers. Indeed, it was nearly 40 years until drug benefits were finally included in Medicare coverage in 2006.
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Health care