The Most Popular RAND Research from 2019

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The Most Popular RAND Research from 2019

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Dec 27, 2019

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We discuss RAND’s top research projects from the year: how “Medicare for All” might affect health care spending in the U.S.; the diminishing role of facts and analysis in American public life; encouraging more women to stay in the Coast Guard; transparency in health care prices; and ways the U.S. can exploit Russia’s weaknesses. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

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Dec 27, 2019

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