Research Corner: Picking Plans

In the second installment of our Research Corner segment, health economist Sayeh Nikpay discusses two research papers about picking health insurance plans: why we're bad at it and why so many uninsured Americans who are eligible for low cost plans don't sign up.


Featuring:

Sayeh Nikpay, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota


For complete complete transcript of this conversation: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/10/13/research-corner-picking-health-insurance-plans/


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