About this episode

The episode discusses Republican efforts to change health care purchasing to empower patients.

President Trump and other leading conservatives are pushing policies they hope will empower patients to shop more wisely for the health care they need. Guests: Brian Blase , President, Paragon Health Institute Sherry Glied , Professor of Public Service, New York University Adam Leive , Assistant Professor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley Jason Levitis , Senior Fellow, Urban Institute Tony Lo Sasso , Professor of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison Avik Roy , Co-founder and Chairman, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity Learn more and read a full transcript on our website . Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news. Support this type of journalism today, with a gift . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tradeoffs

Guests: Brian Blase, Sherry Glied, Adam Leive, Jason Levitis, Tony Lo Sasso, Avik Roy

Topics covered

• health care policy
• patient empowerment
• Republican policies
• health care shopping
• public service
• health policy research

Keywords

• health care
• Republicans
• Trump
• patient shopping
• health policy
• public service
• health care research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paragon Health Institute, New York University, UC Berkeley, Urban Institute, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity

Places: Wisconsin

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