Amy Finkelstein is the John & Jennie S. MacDonald professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a MacArthur Genius fellow. She is the author, with Liran Einav, of We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care (Portfolio, 2023).

08.24.2023

• Amy Finkelstein

US Health Care Sucks, Even If You Have Health Insurance

It is a gross injustice that 30 million Americans lack health insurance — but the insured also face serious problems, paying through the nose for substandard care. We need a universal, automatic, free health care plan.