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Today Sarah Baicker joins the pod to discuss where the Flyers season went wrong, where it needs to get better and of course some offseason moves. We touch on her season highs, lows and nonnegotiable moves that Fletcher needs to do. But first, Danielle and Rachel touch on NHL news, playoff endings and NHL Fan Awards. Follow us @LockedonFlyersFlyers Fun Thing: Joel Farabee mic'd up from TahoeSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!BetOnline AGThere is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Lucy.CoGo to Lucy.co and use Promo Code LOCKEDONNHL to get20% off all products on your first order, including gum or lozenges.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today Sarah Baicker joins the pod to discuss where the Flyers season went wrong, where it needs to get better and of course some offseason moves. We touch on her season highs, lows and nonnegotiable moves that Fletcher needs to do. But first, Danielle and Rachel touch on NHL news, playoff endings and NHL Fan Awards.  Follow us @LockedonFlyers Flyers Fun Thing: Joel Farabee mic’d up from Tahoe Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Lucy.Co Go to Lucy.co and use Promo Code LOCKEDONNHL to get 20% off all products on your first order, including gum or lozenges.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the most iconic brands in financial television returns for today's issues and today's world. This week's Wall Street Week features David Westin's interviews with Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, Moelis & Company Vice Chairman Eric Cantor, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Dean Katherine Baicker. The conversations highlight the challenges of vaccine distribution, the benefits and pitfalls of mega-IPOs, and the role of regulations in long-term investing. 

Dr. Katherine Baicker is dean of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Baicker and A. Chandra. Do We Spend Too Much on Health Care? N Engl J Med 2020;383:605-608.

The coronavirus outbreak has devastated many sectors of our society, and brought many of the issues we were facing before the pandemic to the forefront. This is especially true of health care. Prof. Katherine Baicker is a leading scholar in the economic analysis of health policy and dean of the Harris School of Public Policy. On this episode, she explains how the coronavirus is revealing how our public and private health systems need to change today and in the future to address this pandemic and the pandemics to come.

$8 billion. That's how much is spent on corporate wellness programs each year in the United States. Sadly, it seems that enormous amount of money doesn't actually improve employee wellness. And it doesn't save companies money either. Most of the time, when businesses add an extra layer of expense, they do so in order to grow their revenue or reduce costs. Theoretically, improving the health of employees would lower healthcare costs, reducing expenses, and improve productivity, improving revenue growth. Many companies have spent a lot of money on that theory, but the research shows that idea is nothing more than theoretical. According to the research, corporate wellness programs: don't reduce healthcare costsdon't reduce medication costsdon't improve measurable markers of individual healthdo cost a lot of money Even though many executives know this already, they feel like having an employee wellness offering is necessary for their brand. Since other companies offer it, they do it as well. It's kind of like "keeping up with the Joneses," corporate-style. Here's why corporate wellness programs don't work, and some thoughts to consider about what might. Recent Study: Effect of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health and Economic OutcomesCorporate Wellness Clinical TrialDisappointing ResultsWhy Don’t Corporate Wellness Programs Work?1. Health and Fitness Isn’t A Foundation Of Company Culture2. Incentives Don't Inspire Action3. Wellness is Weak4. Lack of Employee AccountabilityWhat's The Right Answer For Improving Workplace Wellness? Recent Study: Effect of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health and Economic Outcomes Zirui Song and Katherine Baicker published the results of a recent clinical study in the Journal of The American Medical Association. It's titled Effect of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health and Economic Outcomes. The full paper and related study details is 123 pages. Not as long as the Meueller report on President Trump, but similar in its findings. Where the Meueller report found no evidence of collusion with Russia, Song and Baicker found no evidence of health benefits from an employee wellness program. Corporate Wellness Clinical Trial In the study, Wellness Workdays provided corporate wellness services to a portion of BJ’s Wholesale Club employees who were insured by Cigna. In all, just over 4000 employees were part of the “treatment” group, and another 4000 at other locations served as the control group. The offerings were pretty standard in the corporate wellness space: Personal health assessmentsIn-person screeningsEducational modules on nutrition, weight loss, cardiovascular health, stress management, and exercise, usually led by a registered dietitian. Employees were incentivized with $25-$50 gift cards for completion of various modules. In all, 35% of the employees participated in at least one educational module. Of those who completed one module, 61% completed three or more. I'm sure Wellness Workdays, BJs and Cigna all hoped for a positive outcome from the study. It would have made for great marketing. That's not how things worked out, though. Disappointing Results In the end, those who participated in the corporate wellness program faired no better in measurable health outcomeshealthcare spendingmedication costs Most fascinating to me, though, was that participants' perception was that their health improved, even though it didn't. United Healthcare came to similar conclusions in a 2017 survey. They found that 60% of employees who had access to a corporate wellness program believed the program had a positive impact on their health, even though the programs don't have much of an impact on health. When it comes to making healthier choices, our brains have a funny way of believing we're doing better than we actually are. Of course, some corporate wellness companies will look at the results of the study ...

In this episode, Harris Dean Katherine Baicker joins us along with panelists Nancy Tan, Alex Jeffery, and Sukriti Nayar.Credits: Jason Zukus, for hosting, producing, and editingPatrick Taylor, for scorekeepingJulian Lake, for engineeringNancy Tan, Alex Jeffery, and Sukriti Nayar for being fantastic panelistsJay Li, for cover artSpecial thanks to Dean Katherine Baicker and the Harris School of Public Policy!

In this episode, Harris Dean Katherine Baicker joins us along with panelists Nancy Tan, Alex Jeffery, and Sukriti Nayar.Credits: Jason Zukus, for hosting, producing, and editingPatrick Taylor, for scorekeepingJulian Lake, for engineeringNancy Tan, Alex Jeffery, and Sukriti Nayar for being fantastic panelistsJay Li, for cover artSpecial thanks to Dean Katherine Baicker and the Harris School of Public Policy!

Health care expansion. It's one of the most contentious issues in American politics. Katherine Baicker is Dean of the Harris School at the University of Chicago and one of the leading scholars on the economics of health care. Her research from the groundbreaking Oregon Medicaid Experiment has helped uncover the true costs and benefits of health care expansion. On this episode of Big Brains, Baicker shares the findings from the Oregon Experiment, and provides insights into how to improve health care for all.  Big Brains is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Google Play. Learn more at news.uchicago.edu

Greg and Dave welcome former CSN host and Philadelphia sports pundit Sarah Baicker to talk about the Flyers, Philly as a sports town, how TV people are treated by athletes and the nasty sendoff she received from one fan. Plus, comments about the massive ESPN layoffs that claimed some hockey writers, predictions for the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, working for the Sabres, chaos in Chicago, how we played NES and our favorite games, movie sequels we may not want to see, and reader mail covering obscure fast food items, mini-golf etiquette and what Dave sings in the shower. Sponsored by Helix Sleep and Zip Recruiter.

The politics of health care are messy. Obamacare is haunted by myths. And that's why Harvard's Kate Baicker — a former White House economist and one of the nation's most acclaimed researchers — is so focused on using evidence, not anecdotes, to shape America's health policies. Baicker talks about building a career in research (starts at the 1:55 minute mark), her pioneering work with the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment (8:45), what she thinks of Obamacare’s cost controls and President Obama’s pitch for a public option (24:30), whether the ACA did enough to bend the cost curve (34:00), and what beltway pundits get wrong about health policy (41:30). Plus: Don't miss the lightning round quiz at 46:10. We’d appreciate your help: Please share PULSE CHECK and rate us on your favorite podcast app! Have questions, suggestions or feedback? Email ddiamond@politico.com.

Dr. Katherine Baicker is a Professor of Health Economics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Baicker and H. Levy. Coordination versus Competition in Health Care Reform. N Engl J Med 2013;369:789-91.

Katherine Baicker is a professor of health economics in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Baicker and A. Chandra. The Health Care Jobs Fallacy. N Engl J Med 2012;366:2433-5.

In addition to the resources listed elsewhere in this blog, I recommend the following resources for studying the Colonial American era with intermediate level learners: Mayflower History: This site is dedicated to teaching about the Mayflower using primary sources. There are links to the sources (mainly letters) linked from the site. Colonial Williamsburg Email List: This newsletter appears in email boxes once per month and includes information about given colonial era topics, links to primary sources addressing those topics, teaching suggestions related to the issue topic, and resources available from Colonial Williamsburg. Note: The emil is a means of commercially seeking buyers, but the content is still worthwhile.Colonial Williamsburg Summer Teacher Institutes: These one-week institutes engage teachers in the colonial era through lecture as well as simulated experience. They occur on-site and include room and board. The cost for the week is $1,900, but scholarships are available.Reader's Theater Resources: Several companies offer reader's theater scripts relating to Colonial America. I recommend both Teacher Created Materials and Houghton-Milton (for slower readers) scripts.Chautauqua Presentations: For a fee of $50, Nevada Humanities will underwrite the expenses of having a Chautauqua presenter come to your school for a performance. Annually, the Boulder City Chautauqua Performers (including Young Chautauquans) present. See schedule for times and dates.The Lesson of 1623—Yours, Mine, and Ours: This is a free video available from izzit. It uses resources from Colonial Williamsburg to tell about the era. By joining izzit, teachers are given one free video from their collection each year. Note that each video also includes a teacher's guide. One of Virginia's Teaching American History Grant projects produced some amazing unit plans relating to the colonial era. You may access them here.These books are useful for pedagogical purposes, especially when using simulation strategies to teach about Colonial and Revolutionary periods of U.S. history.Baicker, K. (2002). Primary Sources Teaching Kit: Colonial America.Scholastic.Broida, M. (2003). Projects About Colonial Life (Hands-on History). Benchmark.Carlson, L. (1997). Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in the New World (A Kid's Guide series). Chicago Review Press. King, D. (1997). Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes (American Kids in History Series). Jossey-Bass. King, D. (2001). Revolutionary War Days: Discover the Past with Exciting Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes (American Kids in History Series). Jossey-Bass.Nobleman, M.T. (2003). History Pockets: Colonial America, Grades 4-6+. Evan Moor.Pak, A. (2005). Colonial Life (Time Travelers History Study Series). Homeschooling in the Woods.

Sarah Baicker of CSNPhilly.com joins on us this weeks program. We talk about the recent battle in the ongoing war between Mike Richards and the Philadelphia media and her take on the situation as a member of one side of that feud. We also talk about some other media-related stuff, including CSN Philly's rise in the Internet realm. But in shifting back to hockey, Sarah gives us her take on the current crop of Flyers, Ray Emery's return, and if we should have hope for this Flyers team to still make a deep run in the postseason.Geoff, Ben, and I also discuss the two most recent games the Flyers have played in, versus Washington and Columbus. We talk at length about Emery's' return. Was it too soon? Did he improve against Columbus on Tuesday?Also, Ben was in attendance at Verizon Center in DC on Sunday and he gives us his first hand take on just how much he likes Caps fans.