Can Economics Help Us Build a Sustainable Health Care System?

A talk by Michael E. Chernew, PhD, professor of health care policy, Harvard Medical School. Moderated by Freda C. Lewis-Hall, MD, DFAPA, executive vice president and chief medical officer, Pfizer, and member of the HMS Board of Fellows. Harvard Medical School MED-EDs are a series of short, thought-provoking presentations by renowned HMS faculty, alumni, and leadership volunteers built to share and inspire new ideas.

[adamosborn]

Markets work and healthcare is over regulated. Increase supply of healthcare providers and cost will come down.

[lynn]

Absolutely brilliant, make it free like Canada. Wait forever for care with no choice of doctor. Do you know how hard it is to fire a state worker and how well they have to perform? He says prevent overuse but how? You can't make it like food stamps for Dr visits.

[michelegraham]

In 2022, ten years after this video was uploaded, I think we just need to burn our whole system down and start a new one.

[shuntsu]

It's a very interesting series of arguments - but why all this talk of people being altruistic and the very valid history of charitable medical organizations not discussed?

[dcordon]

People are not altruistic, prove me wrong

[reejaluthra]

The physician/surgeon's burgeoning pay needs to be looked at urgently.

[drsylva]

Which one of u can presrnt the dat this is a big issue of the world