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HEALTH ECONOMICS 4646-001

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Interesting Links on Health Care Reform

NPR: Accident of History Created US Health Care System

FRONTLINE: Sick Around the World

NYT: History of Health Care Reform in the US

NYT: The Status of Health Care Legislation in Congress

NYT: Comparison of different government committee health care proposals

Obama Health Care Address to Congress - Sept 8, 2009

Newsweek Article: The Five Biggest Lies in the Health Care Debate

New York Times Blog on Health Care Debate

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on health care reform

Kaiser Family Foundation on health care reform

Commonwealth Fund on health care reform

Assignments

• Assignment 1
• Assignment 2

Lecture Slides

Lecture 1/2: Overview

Lecture 2: Overview- rising spending

Lecture 3: Micro Review

Lecture 4/5: Impact Evaluation

Lecture 5/6: Conditional Cash Transfers

Lecture 7/8: Health Production Functions

Lecture 8/9: Health Care Demand

Lecture 9-12: Insurance

Documentary - Breakdown: America Health Insurance Crisis

Lecture 13: Equity, Efficiency and Need

Lecture 14-16: Role of Government

Lecture 17/18: Social Insurance

Lecture 19: International Comparisons

Lecture 20: Health Reform -- watched the address to congress by President on health care reform

Lecture 21: Health Reform

Lecture 22: History Health Insurance/Reform US

Lectures 23 - 25: Providers - hospitals

Lectures 25-26: Providers - pharmaceutical industry