Health Policy Grand Rounds

Thursday, October 24, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Sick to Debt—Why Out-of-Pocket Costs Are So High and What We Can Do About It

Dr. Ubel will delve into the pressing issue of rising out-of-pocket healthcare costs, exploring the latest trends and offering practical advice for clinicians.

Dr. Peter Ubel, M.D., Madge and Dennis T. McLawhorn University Distinguished Professor of Business, Public Policy, and Medicine at Duke University. He’s authored several books, including Pricing Life: Why it’s time for healthcare rationing (MIT Press 2000), Free Market Madness: How economics is at odds with human nature—and why it matters (Harvard Business Press, 2009), Critical Decisions (HarperCollins, 2012) and Sick to Debt (Yale, 2019).