Words to the WHYs on Healthcare

If issues in health care leave you asking “WHY??,” I invite you to join these fun, monthly lessons on the fundamentals of health economics and the "pandemic minute" of how they interact with us today.   My goal is to sharpen your insights and connect your day-to-day work and/or policy interests to the bigger picture, or at least lessen your frustration!
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Popular lessons (plus pretty pictures!)  

Insurance Series

• Part I- Why it Exists: Not what you think
• Part II- Insurer's Perspective: Walk a mile in your insurer's shoes for both health and insights
• Part III- Incentives: The big-picture U.S. problem, no closed markets
• Part IV- Rising Costs: A few major drivers

Medi-wha? Working through Medicare and Medicaid

• Part I- Medicare vs Medicaid: Which one is what one?
• Part II- Medicare Advantage: If your alphabet soup is bland, stir in some competition
• Part III- Medicare Drug Plans: $111 billion in drug spending
• Part III- Medi-caid: Guess the state game and the ACA

Pandemic Minutes

• Innovation as Defense: Creative destruction and virtual concerts
• Globalization in a Vial: How the value of difference brought us 13.3 billion doses
• The Pandemic and Shortages: What does toilet paper show us about "getting the goods"?
• Infections and Externalities: Rock concerts, Amazon, and the benefits of gossip!