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The psychology of predicting our future health
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Nov 18, 2013
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The psychology of predicting our future health
It's open enrollment season! We're making decisions about our future health, and there's a lot of psychology that goes into these decision.
Dr. Martha Perez examines Maria Lebron in a room at the Community Health of South Florida, Doris Ison Health Center on February 21, 2013 in Miami, Florida. Florida Gov. Rick Scott reversed himself on February 20, and now is callling for an expansion of Medicaid to Florida residents under the federal Affordable Care Act.
Dr. Martha Perez examines Maria Lebron in a room at the Community Health of South Florida, Doris Ison Health Center on February 21, 2013 in Miami, Florida.
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It's open enrollment season! We're making decisions about our future health, and there's a lot of psychology that goes into these decision.

For a lot of us, just thinking about health care and insurance is enough to cause brain freeze. But we're in open enrollment season, so there are a lot of important decisions that need to be made: high deductible or low? HSA? FSA? A platinum plan or a bare bones one?

We're making decisions about our future health, and there's a lot of psychology that goes into these decision. Dr. Peter Ubel, a physician and behavioral scientist with Duke University, joins the show to tell us about the psychology behind our health insurance choices.