Is Health Insurance Too Cheap?

Byadmin April 30, 2012

Researchers at USC recently published a study designed to find out how much people are willing to pay for better drug coverage from their health insurance plan…(Read the rest and view comments at Scientocracy)

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What Does Health Insurance Consolidation Mean for You?
Byadmin August 21, 2012

Listen to this Marketplace report on consolidation in the world of health insurance. It is an interesting report, and also the first public acknowledgment that I am, gulp, a Business Professor!

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

More on Relativity and Happiness
Byadmin September 26, 2014

Recently, I wrote about relative wealth and happiness. A new NBER paper, by Stevenson and Wolfers, seems to belie this view. It shows a sharp increase in happiness with increasing income: But these data are consistent with the idea that relative wealth plays an important role in happiness. Americans are much wealthier now than they…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

Do You Know How Many Calories Are in Your Burrito?
Byadmin April 25, 2014

Here’s a new study I conducted with Peggy Liu, Jim Bettman, and Arianna Uhalde on calorie range information. Check it out below. Liu, Peggy J., James R. Bettman, Arianna R. Uhalde, and Peter A. Ubel (forthcoming), “How Many Calories Are in My Burrito? Improving Consumers’ Understanding of Calorie Range Information,” Public Health Nutrition. DOI link….

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Does Anybody Want to Pay for Depression Treatment?
Byadmin April 10, 2012

Imagine for a moment you are suffering from an illness that makes you feel like your soul has been run over by an angry defensive lineman, a disease that interferes with your desire to sleep, eat and make love. Oh, and this illness will continue to make you feel this way for the rest of your life. How much would you be willing to pay for a treatment makes you feel normal again?
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Denying Jobs To Smokers Is Bad Policy
Byadmin August 30, 2013

My former employer, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, no longer hires tobacco users. It has joined a growing group of employers, including many health systems, that discriminate against smokers on the grounds that such employees cost the employer money (through loss in productivity) or, in the case of medical institutions, act against the health promoting…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health & Well-being

Would Americans Be Happier with a Higher Minimum Wage?
Byadmin November 4, 2014

There was a very nice piece in the Washington Post recently, exploring the relationship between life satisfaction and the minimum wage. They summarize their findings in the following figure: I suggest you read the piece, to see what they make of this connection. Importantly, they explicitly mentioned that correlation does not prove causation. Unfortunately they…

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Is Health Insurance Too Cheap?

What Does Health Insurance Consolidation Mean for You?

More on Relativity and Happiness

Do You Know How Many Calories Are in Your Burrito?

Does Anybody Want to Pay for Depression Treatment?

Denying Jobs To Smokers Is Bad Policy

Would Americans Be Happier with a Higher Minimum Wage?

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