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 16, 2019

New Research by Harris Dean Katherine Baicker Shows Little Impact of Workplace Wellness Programs on Overall Health and Lower Spending

Journal of the American Medical Association

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 • Feb 8, 2019

Harris Dean Katherine Baicker, co-director of BFI’s Health Economics Initiative, discusses how a Medicare for All policy would function at different tax brackets

Los Angeles Times

Topics: Health care

Media Mention • Dec 21, 2018

Harris Dean and BFI’s Health Economics Initiative Co-Director Katherine Baicker interviewed about possible reasons for a lag in 2019 ACA sign-ups

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