Health & Veritas Mark McClellan: An Economic Lens on Healthcare
Howie and Harlan are joined by Mark McLellan, a physician, economist, and longtime public servant, to discuss lessons learned from the COVID-19 response and the successes and failures of the healthcare payment innovations he helped to create. Harlan reports on a wave of illness caused by slushy drinks; Howie considers the merits of accelerated training for doctors.
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The Dangers of Slushies
“Glycerol intoxication syndrome in young children, following the consumption of slush ice drinks”
Institute for Government: Sugar tax
Mark McClellan
Health economist Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD
Mark McClellan: “National Coronavirus Response: A Road Map to Reopening”
“Medicare Should Put Its Dollars on Value, Says McClellan”
“What Forced CMS to Terminate the MA Value-Based Insurance Design Model?”
“How to Create Incentives for Improvement”
Accelerating Med School
“Three-Year Medical School Has Benefits, Ethicist Says”
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