Fixing Health Care's 'Leaky Pipes' Could Save the U.S. $340 Billion

The U.S. health care system is full of wasteful spending. A group of top health economists say a bunch of small changes could save the country big money.Guests:Zack Cooper, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health and of Economics, Yale UniversityMario Macis, PhD, Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins Carey Business SchoolFiona Scott Morton, PhD, Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics, Yale UniversityNeale Mahoney, PhD, Professor of Economics, Stanford UniversityElizabeth Fowler, JD, PhD, Executive Vice President for Programs, Commonwealth FundLearn more about the 1% Project and read a full transcript of this episode on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/11/fixing-health-cares-leaky-pipes-could-save-340-billion/Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterSupport this type of journalism today, with a gift: https://tradeoffs.org/donateFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The U.S. health care system is full of wasteful spending. A group of top health economists say a bunch of small changes could save the country big money.Guests:Zack Cooper, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health and of Economics, Yale UniversityMario Macis, PhD, Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins Carey Business SchoolFiona Scott Morton, PhD, Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics, Yale UniversityNeale Mahoney, PhD, Professor of Economics, Stanford UniversityElizabeth Fowler, JD, PhD, Executive Vice President for Programs, Commonwealth FundLearn more about the 1% Project and read a full transcript of this episode on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/11/fixing-health-cares-leaky-pipes-could-save-340-billion/Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterSupport this type of journalism today, with a gift: https://tradeoffs.org/donateFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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