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Media Mention Jan 13, 2021

Should Medicare enrollees be ‘nudged’? New research reveals impact of default insurance plans

UChicago News; Zarek Brot-Goldberg
Topics:  Health care
BFI News Oct 8, 2020

Chicago Booth Professor Matthew J. Notowidigdo Appointed Co-Director of BFI Health Economics Initiative

      The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago (BFI) is pleased to announce that Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth,...
Topics:  Health care
BFI News Feb 3, 2020

BFI Awards 16 New Grants In Support of Economics Research

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) is pleased to announce the award of 16 new grants supporting economics research by University of Chicago faculty and students in a...
Media Mention Dec 23, 2019

We Need a National Conversation About our Health Care Priorities

Boston Globe; Katherine Baicker
Topics:  Health care
Media Mention Apr 12, 2019

Prof. Harold Pollock Discusses Influence of Health Care Industry in Medicare-for-All Debate

The Washington Post
Topics:  Health care
Media Mention Oct 17, 2018

Booth’s Neale Mahoney, co-director of BFI’s Health Economics Initiative, discusses evolution of insurance under the ACA

Myron Scholes Global Markets Forum
Topics:  Health care