Exploring ethical dilemmas facing private payers

The team plans to conduct normative analyses of ethical dilemmas raised by the evolving role of healthcare payers in shaping healthcare spending and medical decision making in the United States. These analyses will be informed by our involvement on a payer’s ethics committee, and through interviews we conduct of stakeholders and practitioners. We strive to gain a thorough understanding of the dilemmas that arise as third party payer’s balance duties to shareholders, beneficiaries and society.