On this episode of Neutral, 30 million Americans lack formal health insurance.

Many of the rest of us live in constant danger of losing our coverage.

If we lose our jobs, give birth, get older, get healthier, get richer, or move.

Even with insurance, most Americans live with the risk of enormous medical bills for

quote, covered care.

The U.S. need convincing that the American health insurance system needs reform.

But many of the existing proposals focus on expanding one relatively successful piece of

the system, or making piecemeal additions.

In their new book, we've got you covered, rebooting American health care, the RAN-I-NAV

and Amy Finkelstein, but two professors of economics at Stanford and MIT, argued as because

no one is asking the right question, what is it the U.S. health insurance policy should

accomplish?

I was so intrigued with that approach, and really pleased to welcome my guest, Amy Finkelstein.

She is the John and Jenny McDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute

of Technology.

She's an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, as well as director of the health

care program at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

She co-authored the book with RAN-I-NAV, who is a professor of economics at Stanford.

Amy, welcome, and thank you for joining me, one new world.

Thank you so much for having me.

I want to start if I could at the beginning, which is, how did you get into economics

and, in particular, the economics of health care?

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