David Cutler

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Doctors Are Not Overpaid: Column

Kevin Pho | USA Today | July 2, 2014

Harvard economist David Cutler did this comparison and found that U.S. physicians were less well-paid than non-U.S. doctors relative to their high-earning peers...

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“Health Care Productivity” Is An Oxymoron

Kim Bellard | Mcol Blog | September 26, 2013

It has long baffled me when politicians and others trumpet job growth in the health care sector, while at the same time bemoaning rising health costs, as if there was no connection. Some [cities] have bet a large portion of their economic future on their growing health care industries, and some economists attribute much of the nation’s recent economic revival on the growth in the health care sector. But job growth in itself is not always a good sign... Read More »