The High Price of Lowering Health Costs for 150 Million Americans

18/02/2021 32 min Temporada 1 Episodio 96
The High Price of Lowering Health Costs for 150 Million Americans

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Employers are clashing with hospitals, insurers and even their own workers over high health care prices. We meet some of the businesses, unions and advocates on the frontlines of this battle that could determine the fate of employer-based insurance.Listener warning: This episode does contain sensitive languageGuests:Marilyn Bartlett, CPA, CMA, CFM, Senior Policy Fellow, National Academy for State Health Policy, and former administrator of Montana state employee health planMike Chernew, PhD, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical SchoolWill Haynes, 32BJ union memberElizabeth Mitchell, CEO, Purchaser Business Group on HealthSara Rothstein, Director, 32BJ Health FundGloria Sachdev, PharmD, President and CEO, Employers’ Forum of IndianaRep. Donna Schaibley, Indiana House of RepresentativesCandace Shaffer, Senior Director of Benefits, Purdue UniversityBob Smith, MBA, Executive Director, Colorado Business Group on HealthYou can find more of our research online: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/18/the-high-price-of-lowering-health-costsSign 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.