Tuesday, February 28, 2012 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
AEI, Twelfth Floor
1150 Seventeenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
(Two blocks from Farragut North Metro)
“Americans spend too much on health care.” “We have worse health outcomes than our European counterparts.” Talking points such as these helped drive President Obama’s controversial and sweeping health care reform into law two years ago. But are they accurate?
Not exactly, explains Christopher Conover in his just-released book “American Health Economy Illustrated.” The public and policymakers still have significant blind spots when it comes to understanding the facts about America’s health care system. Just as a bad diagnosis can lead to a bad – and even dangerous – prescription, the myths and misconceptions about health care in America continue to plague vital public policy debates. Health economists H. E. Frech and Gerard Anderson will respond to Mr. Conover’s arguments with their own insights on international health economics.
via Bad Medicine: The Misconceptions Driving the Health Care Debate – Health – AEI.
