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Published · transcript-backedJason Furman: belief
26 Aug 2020 Conversations with Tyler Jason Furman on Productivity, Competition, and Growth
“Certainly, if you look at differences in mortality, differences in health outcomes — behavior, genetics, social environment — I think all matter a lot more than healthcare.”
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- Jason Furman
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- 26 Aug 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…How productive is healthcare? You know the old RAND study from the 1970s. That’s an old study, but you give people more healthcare, and only the poorest people end up being healthier. Christian Scientists, Amish who don’t use much healthcare — at least their life expectancy is still quite high. What percent capacity do you think our healthcare sector is operating at? Certainly, if you look at differences in mortality, differences in health outcomes — behavior, genetics, social environment — I think all matter a lot more than healthcare. It’s much easier to know how to change healthcare, though, than it is to know how to change all of those others. So, I think, at the margin, we might have more gains that we’re able to make in healthcare. Even if I agree with you, I don’t think that’s the number-one factor in health. What do you think is the promising future direction for fintech?…
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