This is such a bizarre talking point; I've thankfully never had to use most of the types of insurance that I have for me and my family

This is a good excuse to share my WSJ letter to the editor explaining that "not filing a claim doesn’t mean you didn’t need insurance" www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

I enjoyed this conversation; here's the summary of what we talked about:

Using the MEPS, we find clear evidence of a sharp reduction in insurance churn after the implementation of the FFCRA coming primarily from a reduction in Medicaid churn

I just heard from the NBER that the UCSD economist Michelle White passed away last week

I think our short article is also useful for thinking upfront about the very real possibility of a "null result" in any randomized evaluation

Ben Handel & I are giving the AEA's Continuing Education lectures in Health Economics

The AEA tells me that only registered participants will be able to attend, so please(!) sign up here even if you are planning to only go some of the lectures: www.aeaweb.org/conference/c...

Look what was just delivered by inter-office mail!

Pre-order your copy here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

And come to the AEA continuing education program to hear me lecture about Health Economics: www.aeaweb.org/conference/c... (a couple of my lectures will draw on material from the book)

KARTHIK SRINIVASAN is an applied microeconomist studying topics in media economics and political economy. His JMP studies the desire for attention in the context of social media using data from Reddit and TikTok karthiksrinivasan.org

CHRISTOPH SCHLOM works in game theory and mechanism design, and his JMP studies a novel form of priced-based regulation accounting for endogenous product quality sites.google.com/view/christo...

LILLIAN RUSK is a labor economist with broad interests in applied microeconomics, and her JMP studies the effects of families and neighborhoods on parenting decisions. She is also working on the long-run impacts of juvenile incarceration lillianrusk.com

PAULINE MOUROT works primarily in health economics, with additional interests in labor economics and organizational economics. Her JMP studies sorting and complementarities in healthcare, focusing on surgeons performing bypass surgery in hospitals paulinemourot.com

BENEDICT GUTTMAN-KENNEY works in consumer finance, and his JMP studies the unraveling of information sharing in consumer credit markets. He has several papers and publications on credit card borrowing, payday loans, and credit reporting benedictgk.com

WILLIAM COCKRIEL works at the intersection of economic history & labor economics, and his JMP studies how workers & their families adapt to technological change in the labor market, focusing on shoemakers affected by the introduction of the McKay Stitcher williamcockriel.com

OLIVIA BORDEAU works at the intersection of urban economics and international trade, and her Job Market Paper (JMP) studies the determinants and consequences of commuting infrastructure in Santiago, Chile oliviabordeu.com

I often had my Chicago Booth students in mind when I was writing, but I also wrote with my friends and family in mind, as well -- I wanted the book to be the answer to the Busytown mystery of "What Do Health Economists Do All Day?"

Hi #EconSky!

If you want a fun tour of health economics research to give to your friends or family, pre-order "Better Health Economics" today

Pre-orders are coming in strong -- we were (briefly) beating Hayek!

I wrote a book with Tal Gross!

"Better Health Economics: An Introduction for Everyone"

If you want to hear me discuss some of the material from the book, come to the ASSA continuing education session Jan 7-9 (I’ll be including some of the material from my book in my Health Economics lectures)