Financing the war on cancer

Ralph Koijen interviewed by Tim Phillips, 17 August 2018

New drugs mean that many types of cancer are no longer a death sentence. But new medical treatments may have a catastrophic financial cost for patients. Tim Phillips talks to Ralph Koijen about how life insurance, not medical insurance, might finance the war on cancer.

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Ralph Koijen

Professor of Finance, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business

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