Thomas Rice holds the position of Distinguished Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. A health economist, his areas of interest include international healthcare systems, competition and regulation, behavioral economics, and health insurance. His new book, Health Insurance System: An International Comparison, was published in 2021. Dr. Rice has also written books on health economics, the behavioral economics of health, and the U.S. healthcare system. He was editor of the journal, Medical Care Research and Review, from 1994 to 2000, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. He has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of AcademyHealth, the nation’s leading organization focused on the health services and health policy research, has chaired its Annual Research Meeting, and has received its Young Investigator Award and Article-of-the-Year Award.