Fixing Our Healthcare System
From What Happens Next in 6 Minutes by Larry Bernstein
May 30, 2026 · 20 min
About this episode
Josh Gottlieb discusses barriers to increasing the number of doctors and improving healthcare quality and productivity.
Our speaker is Josh Gottlieb who is a professor of Economics at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Health and Co-Director of the Becker Friedman Institute’s Health Economics Initiative. I want to learn from Josh about what the barriers are to getting more doctors and what we can do to solve seemingly intractable problems to increase the quality and productivity of our healthcare. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
People in this episode
Host: Larry Bernstein
Guest: Josh Gottlieb
Topics covered
- healthcare system
- economics
- doctor shortages
- healthcare quality
- productivity
Keywords
- healthcare
- economics
- doctors
- quality
- productivity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Health, Becker Friedman Institute, Health Economics Initiative
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