Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health Policy

Economics Behaving Badly

Byadmin July 15, 2010

George Loewenstein and I have an Op-Ed in the New York Times today. Check it out, and feel free to add your comments.

Health Policy

Why It Sometimes Doesn't Pay, Literally, To Take Medicaid Patients
Byadmin March 17, 2014

I have written a couple of pieces lately documenting the high percentage of physicians who refuse to take Medicaid patients, and some of the reasons for their refusal. One of my pieces prompted a physician to email me with his take on this matter. I am going to quote from that email, but take out…

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Bundling Hospital Pay Without Bungling Patient Care
Byadmin May 29, 2015

Paying someone to mow your lawn is a pretty straightforward affair. Ryan the lawn guy will look at the lawn size and maybe the hilliness of your yard and you’ll settle on a price for mowing and trimming it. When you decide to contract for Ryan’s services on a more regular basis, payment might get…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

Incentive to Stop Smoking?
Byadmin April 9, 2015

In the United States, the FDA tried to mandate that cigarette companies put nasty images of the harms of smoking onto cigarette packages, images that would take up at least half of the carton. It looks like that effort has failed, because the courts have determined that it violates the First Amendment. I wonder what…

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Health Policy

Medicaid Reform Ain’t Easy
Byadmin April 5, 2019

All the Republican health care bills that have so far failed to pass through Congress have tried to reduce Medicaid spending, by limiting the amount of federal money going to states to cover this population. That might be popular among some conservative voters, who think Medicaid is a handout to healthy but lazy young people…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Critical Decisions | Ethics | Medical Decision Making

Your Doctor Recommends Robotic Surgery – You Should Be Skeptical
Byadmin2 November 9, 2025November 9, 2025

Your physician has received generous money from one of the companies that manufacture the robots. Consciously or unconsciously, that money could be influencing her recommendation. The positivity of physicians’ comments on X rises significantly among those receiving the most generous industry payments. Read more here.

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health Policy

Behavioral Economic Interventions – It’s Not a Choice Between Nudges and Shoves
Byadmin September 17, 2019January 6, 2020

The field of behavioral economics has brought attention to promising ways of motivating people to make better life choices. Many behavioral economic-inspired interventions are relatively hands off — they nudge people to make wiser decisions without in any way restricting their choices. The idea of nudges was made justifiably popular by Cass Sunstein and Dick Thaler…

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Economics Behaving Badly

Why It Sometimes Doesn't Pay, Literally, To Take Medicaid Patients

Bundling Hospital Pay Without Bungling Patient Care

Incentive to Stop Smoking?

Medicaid Reform Ain’t Easy

Your Doctor Recommends Robotic Surgery – You Should Be Skeptical

Behavioral Economic Interventions – It’s Not a Choice Between Nudges and Shoves

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