Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health & Well-being

Risky Business: Health Risk, Relativity, and Perception

Byadmin April 1, 2009

Patt Morrison of KPCC Radio in Southern California talks to me about how people make various rational and irrational decisions in their lives. CLICK HERE to listen.

Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health & Well-being

Penalizing Smokers So They Will Quit
Byadmin July 26, 2012

Recently my employer, Duke University, announced it would be charging $10 more per month to offer health insurance to smokers (see story here). Duke’s policy has a couple motivations. Smokers get sick you see, and those smoking related illnesses cost Duke money. So it’s only fair to pass some of those expenses… (Read the rest and view…

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Smoking Cigarettes (My Circumstances Made Me Do It)
Byadmin June 12, 2020

Rates of cigarette smoking have dropped substantially in the US over the past few decades. But lots of Americans still smoke, and the burden of tobacco-related illness does not fall evenly across our population. That is tragic under normal circumstances, with tobacco use leading to heart attacks, strokes, cancers, and emphysema, to name but a…

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Why It's a Mistake for Doctors to be Color Blind
Byadmin November 19, 2012

The role of race in college and graduate school admissions remains controversial in the U.S. In fact, the Supreme Court is currently taking up a challenge to a University of Texas program that considers race in its admission decisions. Critics of race-based admissions question whether educational institutions would serve the goals of affirmative action better by…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health Care Cost

Sounding off on Sound Medicine
Byadmin May 11, 2011

I had a chance to talk to the host of the public radio show, Sound Medicine. You might want to listen to the broadcast. Then again, you might want to enjoy the spring weather (if you are in the Northern Hemisphere). Your choice!

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health Policy

Debating New Ways to Pay
Byadmin October 2, 2014

One of my favorite reporters, Dan Gorenstein from NPR’s Marketplace, interviewed me and a few other people recently, to discuss challenges of trying to pay physicians, reward them essentially, for providing high-quality care. It turns out to be a much more complicated topic than you might think at first glance. Thought you might enjoy the…

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Health & Well-being | Health Policy | Uncategorized

Insurers Are Not Paying Enough For HPV Vaccines – And Our Kids Are Paying The Price
Byadmin February 19, 2019

The HPV vaccine saves lives. It does so by reducing a person’s chance of being infected by the human papilloma virus, a virus that causes a whole range of cancers including, most importantly, cervical cancer. Vaccinate your teenage daughter against HPV, and you will increase the chance she will live to old age. Simple as…

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Risky Business: Health Risk, Relativity, and Perception

Penalizing Smokers So They Will Quit

Smoking Cigarettes (My Circumstances Made Me Do It)

Why It's a Mistake for Doctors to be Color Blind

Sounding off on Sound Medicine

Debating New Ways to Pay

Insurers Are Not Paying Enough For HPV Vaccines – And Our Kids Are Paying The Price

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