Our health care coverage, access to medical providers, and prices of care regularly change. Sometimes the changes are unwelcome β such as when a favorite doctor is no longer covered by an insurance network. Change can also be good, however, when it delivers higher quality care at a lower price. Health care innovations may bring welcome changes, but their full impacts are not understood.
Harvard Business School Professor Ariel Stern will discuss the risks and potential of innovation in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. University of Minnesota Professor Ezra Golberstein will moderate.Center for the Study of Politics and Governance; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesot