On this UVA Speaks podcast, Sebastian Tello-Trillo, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, describes the U.S. healthcare system as fragmented and how that drives the economics of our healthcare. As an economist, he analyzes the U.S. healthcare system's positive and negative aspects through the economic indicators of price, quantity, and administrative burden. If you are curious about how our system compares to universal healthcare, listen in to hear his analysis.

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Sebastian Tello-Trillo is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He is an economist whose research focuses on health policy in the United States and Latin America and on understanding how policies affect individuals’ health behaviors and economic outcomes. His fields of specialization are health economics and applied microeconomics.