Cogan on Improving the Health Care System, EconTalk Permanent Podcast Link: Library of Economics and Liberty

July 31, 2006, Featuring John Cogan

Russ Roberts talks with Stanford University's John Cogan about what's wrong with America's health care system and how to make it right.

Along the way they discuss economics of health care, the tax treatment of employer-provided insurance, the role of state-mandated insurance requirements and the political economy of health care reform.

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About the tax treatment of employer provided health care: Subsidies to Employee Health Insurance Premiums and the Health Insurance Market. 2003 NBER working paper by Jonathan Gruber and Ebonya Washington Keep Government Out by John Cogan, R. Glenn Hubbard and Daniel Kessler. Wall Street Journal 13 January 2006. About State Mandates: State Mandates on Private Insurance by Gail A. Jensen in Regulation magazine Health Insurance Mandates in the States 2004--the Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) report showing states imposing more than 1,800 health insurance mandates. More: Federal Budget by John Cogan in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics Health Care Industry by Patricia Danzon in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics The Economics of Health Care, Category with various entries, on EconLog An Interview with R. Glenn Hubbard. Double taxation.

Podcast Readings

About the tax treatment of employer provided health care:

Subsidies to Employee Health Insurance Premiums and the Health Insurance Market. 2003 NBER working paper by Jonathan Gruber and Ebonya Washington
Keep Government Out by John Cogan, R. Glenn Hubbard and Daniel Kessler. Wall Street Journal 13 January 2006.

About State Mandates:

State Mandates on Private Insurance by Gail A. Jensen in Regulation magazine
Health Insurance Mandates in the States 2004--the Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) report showing states imposing more than 1,800 health insurance mandates.

Federal Budget by John Cogan in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
Health Care Industry by Patricia Danzon in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
The Economics of Health Care, Category with various entries, on EconLog
An Interview with R. Glenn Hubbard. Double taxation.

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shaun anthony wrote:

These podcasts are just great. Keep it up. Practical enconomics, and entertaining too.

Posted on August 1, 2006 07:03 PM

Stuart Berman wrote:

Brilliant discussion and great use of this medium! It sure dispels the notion that U.S. healthcare is abysmal and the solution is socialized medicine.

Posted on August 20, 2006 10:20 PM

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