About this episode

Dr. Beth Beaudin-Seiler discusses healthcare affordability and the findings of the CHES Survey.

Dr. Beth Beaudin-Seiler is a Project Director in the Health Research and Insights practice area, where she leads the Health Economics and Policy team. She leads a portfolio of work that focuses on health care affordability, including the Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHES) - a survey designed to understand the burdens, trade-offs, and worries respondents have regarding affording health care. Her goal is to educate listeners on the findings of the 2025 TN CHES Survey. https://healthcarevaluehub.org/consumer-healthcare-experience-state-survey/ 1:38 Beth’s backstory from the College of Aviation at Western Michigan University, training pilots to researching healthcare at Altarum. What is Altarum? A nonprofit organization that focuses on improving the health of individuals who have fewer financial resources, or are disenfranchised by the system. Altarum works on behalf of federal, state, and philanthropic organizations on evidence-based research , planning, and implementing different strategies to address healthcare affordability. I am the senior manager of our health economics and policy program area, under our Health Research and Insights Division at Altarum. 728 What…

People in this episode

Host: Marsh Naidoo

Guest: Dr. Beth Beaudin-Seiler

Topics covered

• healthcare affordability
• CHES Survey
• health economics
• consumer experience
• health policy

Keywords

• healthcare
• affordability
• CHES Survey
• health economics
• consumer experience
• Altarum

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Altarum, Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey, Health Research and Insights, Health Economics and Policy

Places: U.S., Western Michigan University

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