Podcast Dec 3, 2020

Pre-existing Confusion: The US Health Insurance System

Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Katherine Baicker, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, and Stacy Lindau
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The American health insurance system is complex, politically divisive, in need of reform, and facing a historic pandemic crisis. Economists Katherine Baicker and Matt Notowidigdo expose healthcare’s most urgent flaws and discuss potential remedies. Then, Dr. Stacy Lindau joins to discuss the crucial consequences for public health.

 

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