Thursday, February 20
7:45 am
Continental Breakfast
8:15 am
Welcome, Introductions
8:30 am

Why Doesn't the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Role of the American Medical Association

Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Yousra Neberai, Harvard University
9:15 am
Break
9:30 am

The Protective Effects of a Healthy Spouse: Medicare as the Family Member of Last Resort

Itzik Fadlon, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER
Alex Hoagland, University of Toronto
Timothy Layton, University of Virginia and NBER
10:15 am
Break
Egg-timer session
10:30 am

Are Medicaid And Medicare Patients Treated Equally?

Calvin Ackley, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Eli B. Liebman, University of Georgia
Adam Shapiro, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
10:45 am

Privatizing Government-Sponsored Health Insurance: Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare

Zarek Brot, University of Chicago and NBER
Yalun Su, University of Chicago
Boris Vabson, Harvard University
11:00 am

Tunneling and Hidden Profits in Health Care

Andrew Olenski, Lehigh University
Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
11:15 am
Lunch
12:15 pm
Job market session
12:30 pm

The Effects of Price Regulation in Markets with Strategic Entry: Evidence from Health Insurance Markets (slides)

Eilidh Geddes, University of Georgia
1:15 pm
Break
1:30 pm

Commitment, Competition, and Preventive Care Provision

Anran Li, Cornell University
2:15 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Should Top Surgeons Practice at Top Hospitals? Sorting and Complementarities in Healthcare

Pauline Mourot, Boston University
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm

Job Loss, Unemployment Insurance, and Health: Evidence from Brazil (slides)

Guilherme Amorim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Diogo Britto, Bocconi University
Alexandre A. Fonseca, Federal Revenue of Brazil
Breno Sampaio, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
4:30 pm
Adjourn
5:00 pm
Group Dinner - Il Fornaio Restaurant, 520 Cowper Street (at the Garden Court Hotel) Palo Alto
Friday, February 21
7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am

Discretion in Clinical Decision Making: Evidence from Bunching

Claire Boone, McGill University
8:45 am
Break
9:00 am

Are Guidelines Worth Following? Treatment Decisions Under Scientific Uncertainty (slides)

Jason Abaluck, Yale University and NBER
Leila Agha, Harvard University and NBER
David C. Chan Jr, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Daniel Singer, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Diana Zhu, Yale University
9:45 am
Break
10:15 am

Vertical Integration and Plan Design in Healthcare Markets

Benjamin Vatter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
José Ignacio Cuesta, Stanford University and NBER
Carlos E. Noton, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am

Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic

Carolina Arteaga, University of Toronto
Victoria Barone, University of Notre Dame
12:00 pm
Adjourn and Lunch to go