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Should Medicare enrollees be ‘nudged’? New research reveals impact of default insurance plans

Jan 13, 2021
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What the coronavirus pandemic means for U.S. health insurance

Apr 7, 2020
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Coronavirus Shows Why We Need To Rethink Health Care, with Katherine Baicker (Ep. 43)

Leading UChicago health economist explains why our public health infrastructure wasn’t ready for coronavirus, and what we need to change for the next pandemic.

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Why some hospitals don’t prioritize the sickest heart transplant patients

Nov 19, 2019
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Health care prediction algorithm biased against black patients, study finds

Oct 28, 2019
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Medicaid’s shift from nursing facilities to home settings may not benefit patients

Jul 1, 2019
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Report Looks At Discrepancies In Health Accessibility For Indigenous Groups

Aug 29, 2018

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How Retail Mental Health Could Be Medicine's Next Frontier

Aug 16, 2018
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Aug 3, 2018

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The Health 202: Trump officials ignored HHS advice on two big issues

Aug 1, 2018
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