The healthcare sector, now representing more than one-sixth of the U.S. economy in terms of economic activity, continues to change in unimaginable ways. A fundamental transformation of the US medical care system is underway in which healthcare policymakers, payers, providers, and innovators are intensely focused on redesigning healthcare. This lecture will first take the pulse of the US health care sector and make some international comparisons. In the second part, we will discuss how economists think about the trends that are developing within this sector – with the emphasis on the hospitals, pharma, and the health insurance industry.

Event Information

Event Topic:
Monopolization of the Healthcare Sector

Event Description:

Date/Time:
Date(s) - 08/03/21
8:30 am - 10:30 am

Event Location:
Zoom talk: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88274227563:

Speaker Information

Event Speaker:
Veronika Dolar, Ph.D.

Event Speaker Title:
Assistant Professor of Politics, Economics, and Law

Event Speaker Company:
State University of New York (SUNY), Westbury

Event Speaker Bio:

Dr. Dolar has a very rich international experience. She was born in Slovenia, obtained her international baccalaureate (IB diploma) in Italy at the United World College of the Adriatic, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Dolar also worked at the Bank of Canada and taught at numerous universities and colleges including Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH and St. Olaf College in Minnesota. Her current research interests include health economics focusing on eating decision, nutrition and obesity, labor economics focusing on the minimum wage, as well as economic education, all of which are topics on which she has been widely published by numerous peer reviewed journals. She also writes articles about economics for the general audience that are published in numerous news outlets nationally and internationally. Most recently, one of her articles has been translated into Italian and French.

Event Details

Cost:
$0

Add To Calendar