<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>EconTube — Healthcare economics</title><link>https://econtube.org/topic/healthcare/</link><description>Recommended economics videos and podcasts: Healthcare economics</description><item><title>The Medicare Time Bomb: Can Washington Defuse It?</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/_1u8yWNKu8g/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/_1u8yWNKu8g/</guid><description>Explains Medicare’s cost pressures and the political constraints shaping feasible reform paths.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Health Policy: Trust, Access, and Outcomes | Scott Atlas</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/ztTOydcgB34/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/ztTOydcgB34/</guid><description>Evaluates US health-policy tradeoffs—trust, access, and outcomes—arguing for market-based reform and accountability.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Can Competition Fix American Healthcare? | Scott Atlas | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/XoBUtdPV5Io/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/XoBUtdPV5Io/</guid><description>Explains how stronger competition and consumer price signals could reduce US healthcare costs.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Dr. Oz On Affordability, Fighting Fraud, and AI in Healthcare</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/f3UupShTwMA/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/f3UupShTwMA/</guid><description>Discusses U.S. healthcare affordability, fraud reduction, drug pricing, and AI-driven government delivery.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Econ To Go | Medical mistrust: Why representation matters</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/WylQEpEVnK4/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/WylQEpEVnK4/</guid><description>Explains how trust and representation affect care utilization and health outcomes in the U.S. healthcare system.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Medical mistrust: Why representation matters</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/a-48148bb1e7ddb594f9f2/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/a-48148bb1e7ddb594f9f2/</guid><description>Explains how trust and representation drive health-care access and unequal outcomes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Do We Trust To Score Health Care Reform?</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/GkVyTcRwU1c/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/GkVyTcRwU1c/</guid><description>Explains why credible budget scoring institutions matter for measuring healthcare reform’s true effects.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Future of the Affordable Care Act</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/QQosiWPBqkA/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/QQosiWPBqkA/</guid><description>Examines ACA premium credit expiration, affordability impacts, and realistic pathways for future US healthcare reform.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Suleika Jaouad’s Survival Mechanisms (Replay) | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/v1aqFXkIUuA/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/v1aqFXkIUuA/</guid><description>A thoughtful conversation on living with cancer and using personal experience to guide others.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Can’t You Just Pay For Healthcare Out Of Pocket? | John Cochrane</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/U79Wp7OHSOo/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/U79Wp7OHSOo/</guid><description>Explains why healthcare isn’t priced like normal markets and how transparency could change incentives.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Medicare Expansion Wise? | Lanhee Chen</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/qCdmK-QG0Es/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/qCdmK-QG0Es/</guid><description>Evaluates Medicare eligibility expansion tradeoffs: costs, insurer displacement, and targeting of need.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>166. The World’s Most Effective Public Health Intervention Is Under Attack | People I (Mostly)...</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/H6oVnm6Layc/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/H6oVnm6Layc/</guid><description>Explains how vaccines deliver major economic value, especially in poor countries, amid current public-health pushback.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How Can We Make Healthcare More Affordable? | John Cochrane</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/ExxIhxeUQR4/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/ExxIhxeUQR4/</guid><description>Explains how pricing and cross-subsidies distort U.S. healthcare and how competition could reduce costs.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Opioid Epidemic and US Political Realignment | Economics, Applied | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/DlFDDtaDn_c/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/DlFDDtaDn_c/</guid><description>Links opioid marketing and policy incentives to healthcare harm and shifting US political coalitions.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Theodore Schwartz on Neurosurgery, Consciousness, and Brain-Computer Interfaces</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/iUGZqQovKHA/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/iUGZqQovKHA/</guid><description>A deep conversation on neurosurgery and brain-computer interfaces, with clear insights from a leading surgeon.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? (Update) | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/K2tr25iB15w/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/K2tr25iB15w/</guid><description>A thoughtful conversation on palliative care, dignity, and how people can reshape end-of-life experiences.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>157. The Deadliest Disease in Human History | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/HePXhM3n3gQ/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/HePXhM3n3gQ/</guid><description>Explores TB through data and incentives, highlighting practical approaches to improve global treatment access.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Abraham Verghese Thinks Medicine Can Do Better (Update) | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/auCR7b_XldY/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/auCR7b_XldY/</guid><description>A practical discussion of improving care quality through better patient relationships over tech documentation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What Are The Most Pressing Fiscal Issues Facing America? | Hoover Fiscal Policy Initiative</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/eUeyscrR3qo/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/eUeyscrR3qo/</guid><description>Examines U.S. debt and entitlement pressures, focusing on interest costs and fiscal sustainability.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>155. Helping People Die | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/jfcqs8zy0ek/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/jfcqs8zy0ek/</guid><description>Explores the economics and ethics of physician-assisted dying through a real-world case.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Obamacare’s 15th Anniversary, Federal Healthcare Reform, and California’s Medi-Cal Woes</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/ZPNw_X9-k2Y/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/ZPNw_X9-k2Y/</guid><description>Explains ACA durability, likely 2025 healthcare priorities, and why California struggles with Medi-Cal costs.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>153. We’re Not Getting Sicker — We’re Overdiagnosed | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/HAzhz4aGm-A/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/HAzhz4aGm-A/</guid><description>Explores how incentives and diagnostic practices can amplify health harm via overdiagnosis.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>63. Botox | The Economics of Everyday Things</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/sICM9Bo8fQ8/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/sICM9Bo8fQ8/</guid><description>Explores how incentives and markets explain demand for cosmetic medical treatments like Botox.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>133. Pay Attention! (Your Body Will Thank You) | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/BOJ9AY-41oE/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/BOJ9AY-41oE/</guid><description>Explores how psychological mindset can causally affect physical health outcomes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The True Cost of “Free” Healthcare | HISPBC Ch.2 (Atlas)</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/Z1y3VwmnVcw/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/Z1y3VwmnVcw/</guid><description>Argues single-payer healthcare harms access and innovation, and defends market-based reform via transparency and deregulation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>132. Suleika Jaouad’s Survival Mechanisms | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/cERa3be4gHU/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/cERa3be4gHU/</guid><description>A candid conversation on living with fatal illness and communicating with others after tragedy.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>129. How to Fix Medical Research | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/25JpuIS95yY/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/25JpuIS95yY/</guid><description>Discusses how to improve medical research incentives and regulation to speed effective treatments.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>40. Prosthetic Limbs | The Economics of Everyday Things</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/csN5SsxcaHk/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/csN5SsxcaHk/</guid><description>Explores how markets, pricing, and institutions shape access to expensive prosthetic limbs.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>35. Dental Insurance | The Economics of Everyday Things</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/KzeuwGjxMEA/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/KzeuwGjxMEA/</guid><description>Explains why dental coverage works differently from medical insurance and what incentives drive it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Putting Patients First: The Case for Individual Health Accounts | Policy Stories</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/xdd6KWmozUo/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/xdd6KWmozUo/</guid><description>Argues consumer-directed health accounts can reduce costs by improving price signals and coverage incentives.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>116. Abraham Verghese Thinks Medicine Can Do Better | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/yLYD-gpQN4k/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/yLYD-gpQN4k/</guid><description>A physician-author contrasts curing with healing and argues for more patient time over EHR admin.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>115. The Future of Therapy Is Psychedelic | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/ftkqzrsRJEU/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/ftkqzrsRJEU/</guid><description>Explains the economics and regulation behind MDMA-assisted PTSD therapy and why it’s getting traction.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Healthcare Reforms For The Future | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/_Duf8JzaPFQ/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/_Duf8JzaPFQ/</guid><description>Examines market-oriented U.S. healthcare reform proposals and policy tradeoffs for the future.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Can a Moonshot Approach to Mental Health Work? | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 111</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/sCmK9WTwTAY/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/sCmK9WTwTAY/</guid><description>Explores applying moonshot innovation and peer support to improve mental health care systems.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Peter Attia: Adding 10 Healthy Years to Your Life | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 102</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/5RpZXJ7fRI0/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/5RpZXJ7fRI0/</guid><description>A science-focused discussion on extending healthspan and the practical limits of modern medicine.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Moncef Slaoui: “It’s Unfortunate That It Takes a Crisis for This to Happen” | Episode 9</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/WjngSjlPTY8/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/WjngSjlPTY8/</guid><description>Explores rapid vaccine innovation and policy coordination lessons from COVID-19.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Dr. Bapu Jena on Why Freakonomics Is the Best Medicine | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 41</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/VPaJX9fTis0/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/VPaJX9fTis0/</guid><description>Explores how economic research methods can improve medical evidence and trial ethics.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>A Rockstar Chemist and Her Cancer-Attacking “Lawn Mower” | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 65</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/cfqeUt-VAvg/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/cfqeUt-VAvg/</guid><description>Explores how biotech innovation and incentives translate cutting-edge immune therapy into real startup efforts.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How Do You Keep Winter From Getting You Down? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 118</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/TxDKDTStHFY/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/TxDKDTStHFY/</guid><description>Explores seasonal depression and behavior psychology, with practical implications for wellbeing.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Which Incentives Are Best at Boosting Vaccination, and Why? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 57</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/llsv5xQ1NaI/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/llsv5xQ1NaI/</guid><description>Explores which incentive designs most reliably increase vaccination uptake and why behavior responds differently.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 69</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/cYMX345odBA/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/cYMX345odBA/</guid><description>A thoughtful discussion on palliative care and reframing how people think about dying.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>A Cross Between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 89</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/z8uRzi_NnOQ/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/z8uRzi_NnOQ/</guid><description>Talks about why infectious-disease insights and heeded warnings matter for saving lives.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Peter Attia: &quot;I Definitely Lost a Lot of I.Q. Points That Day | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 8</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/PvK3uc3NdLc/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/PvK3uc3NdLc/</guid><description>A data-driven discussion of longevity, COVID gaps, and risk tradeoffs in health behavior.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Cassandra Quave Thinks the Way Antibiotics Are Developed Might Kill Us | People I (Mostly) Admire 60</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/PIbp4HHwvqg/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/PIbp4HHwvqg/</guid><description>A pragmatic look at antibiotic R&amp;D failure and how ethnobotanical leads could reshape treatment.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Kate Bundorf: COVID-19 And The US Healthcare System | Hoover Virtual Policy Briefing</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/CBmC5g96gJY/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/CBmC5g96gJY/</guid><description>A policy-focused discussion on how COVID-19 exposed strengths and weaknesses in US healthcare.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Eric Hanushek And Margaret Raymond: COVID-19 And Schools | Hoover Virtual Policy Briefing</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/GdZvipLCE4I/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/GdZvipLCE4I/</guid><description>Economists discuss how COVID-19 affects schooling, equity, and evidence-based education policy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Education, Economics—and Woodpeckers | The GoodFellows: Conversations From The Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/Pz0OhHrmkr4/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/Pz0OhHrmkr4/</guid><description>Debate lasting COVID impacts on education, economic conditions, and public risk tolerance.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Challenges of Reforming Health Care in a Partisan Era</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/KPols3zDGwg/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/KPols3zDGwg/</guid><description>Debate-style discussion of ACA replacement prospects, coverage design, and tradeoffs in US health reform.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Unraveled, Or Undead? Obamacare After The Supreme Court, And The Days Ahead</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/Qss2vUMUnX4/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/Qss2vUMUnX4/</guid><description>Explains Obamacare’s legal economics after Supreme Court rulings and what policy changes may follow.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Can money buy happiness? Angus Deaton, Laureate in Economic Sciences, gives his answer</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/AKDiWAeevxA/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/AKDiWAeevxA/</guid><description>Deaton ties income to well-being with evidence on health, inequality, and measurement of happiness.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>