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MPR News with Angela Davis
Chris Farrell and Cari Dwyer

How to address health insurance frustrations

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MPR News host Chris Farrell talks with his guests about what we can do to address the frustrations many Americans feel about the health insurance industry. 

Guests:

  • Peter Huckfeldt is an associate professor of health policy and management and Vernon E. Weckwerth Professor in Healthcare Administration Leadership at the University of Minnesota. 

  • Steve Parente is a health economist and professor of finance at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the White House Council of Economic Advisers under former President Donald Trump. 

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MPR News guest host Chris Farrell (right) talks with Peter Huckfeldt in a MPR News studio in St. Paul on Tuesday.
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