Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This video explains a classroom experiment to teach economics students about adverse selection in health insurance. This is good for Health Care Economics, Microeconomic Theory, and Principles of Economics courses.

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Here is my Github, where you can find the worksheet and teaching notes: github.com/econadventurer/Economics_worksheets

The Journal of Economic Education article about this experiment:
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220485.2014.889931

Culter and Reber article that goes well with the experiment:
academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/113/2/433/1915723

Link to data on health spending distribution:
Website: healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-expenditures-vary-across-population/#item-start