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There's a lot of economics people around here. Does anyone know of someone who'd be great for writing a report on public health implications of genetically heritable diseases?
There's some interest in having a report on plausible / likely economic impacts of government policy around PGT-P (parents selecting between their embryos using polygenic scores for disease risks, intelligence, longevity, etc.). E.g., what would be the likely implications for public health, healthcare costs, government healthcare costs, or general economic productivity, of policies such as:
Legalizing PGT-P
Subsidizing PGT-P for couples already doing IVF
Subsidizing IVF for couples to enable them to use PGT-P
The person should be:
Credible / authoritative as an academic source. E.g. ideally a professor of economics, population health, epidemiology, public health, or similar; or a grad student or postdoc with such a PI who could supervise & sign off on the work.
Technically able to do this evaluation work well, and write it in a way that is clear and useful for a government official.
You might try reaching out to Alex Tabarrok over at Marginal Revolutions. Econ professor that writes (or at least blogs) a fair amount about healthcare and healthcare policies and regulatory actions.