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Sherry Glied Thinks Health Savings Accounts Have Outgrown Their Original Purpose

A Health Podyssey

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Is the High Deductable Health Plan Really a Market Failure?

You are an economist, and economists like markets. And consumers are a critical part of markets. So why were some economists enthusiastic about the possibility that the high deductable health plan approach could yield health care efficiencies? This is a really interesting question i was thinking about a little bit. You know, um, when you ask economist wire helth care prices, what o health go costs actually so high, not even prices right im, they're looking for a market failure.

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