Zarek Brot-Goldberg comments on new research in 'Fast Company'
June 25, 2024

In a piece for Fast Company on new research about rising healthcare costs' effects on unemployment, reporter Shalene Gupta cited Harris Assistant Professor Zarek Brot-Goldberg: 

Many think that it’s insurers or employers who bear the burden of rising healthcare prices. We show that it’s really the workers themselves who are impacted,” Zarek Brot-Goldberg, said in a statement. “It’s vital to understand that rising health care prices aren’t just impacting patients. Rising prices are hurting the employment outcomes for workers who never went to the hospital.”

Read the full piece here: https://www.fastcompany.com/91145592/health-care-insurance-costs-job-layoffs-study

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Zarek Brot-Goldberg
Assistant Professor

Zarek Brot-Goldberg is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. His work is concerned with market structure, organizational structure, and regulatory design in the U.S. health care sector. In prior and ongoing research, he has studied the efficien...