Fixing Health Care's 'Leaky Pipes' Could Save the U.S. $340 Billion

<p>The U.S. health care system is full of wasteful spending. A group of top health economists say a bunch of small changes could save the country big money.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><p><a href="https://publichealth.yale.edu/profile/zack_cooper/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zack Cooper</a>, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health and of Economics, Yale University</p><p><a href="https://carey.jhu.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/mario-macis-phd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mario Macis</a>, PhD, Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School</p><p><a href="https://som.yale.edu/faculty/fiona-m-scott-morton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fiona Scott Morton</a>, PhD, Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics, Yale University</p><p><a href="https://nmahoney.people.stanford.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Neale Mahoney</a>, PhD, Professor of Economics, Stanford University</p><p><a href="https://www.commonwealthfund.org/person/elizabeth-fowler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elizabeth Fowler</a>, JD, PhD, Executive Vice President for Programs, Commonwealth Fund</p><p><br></p><p>Learn more about the 1% Project and read a full transcript of this episode on our website: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/11/fixing-health-cares-leaky-pipes-could-save-340-billion/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/11/fixing-health-cares-leaky-pipes-could-save-340-billion/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff:&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p>Support this type of journalism today, with a gift:&nbsp;<a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/donate</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod" rel