Dr. Cooper is a distinguished expert on the functioning of healthcare markets and the drivers of healthcare spending growth in the US. His keynote address will explore how rising healthcare spending in the US is impacting the wider economy and the ability of Americans to live lives of dignity and purpose. He will also focus on ways to drive efficiency in the US health sector and discuss what he sees as the limits of cost-sharing and consumerism.  

In his academic work, Dr. Cooper has analyzed the impact of competition in hospital and insurance markets, studied the influence of price transparency on consumer behavior, investigated the causes of surprise out-of-network bills, and examined the influence of electoral politics on healthcare spending growth. His research has widely been credited as a catalyst for the No Surprises Act. He has presented his scholarship at the White House, the US Treasury, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission, and testified in the US Senate.