How rising health care spending causes people to lose their jobs

Zack Cooper is an Associate Professor of Public Health and of Economics at Yale University where he also serves as director of Health Policy at the school’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Professor Cooper is a health economist whose work is focused on producing rigorous, empirical evidence that can inform public policy.

Professor Cooper discusses how rising health care spending causes people to lose their jobs and their lives. He then proposes specific small steps to reduce spending.

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