{"id":239,"date":"2019-04-01T10:31:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T20:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/hi290\/?p=239"},"modified":"2019-04-16T09:49:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T19:19:22","slug":"unit-3-intro-health-care-system-policy-in-contemporary-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/hi290\/unit-3-intro-health-care-system-policy-in-contemporary-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 3 Intro: Health Care System Policy in Contemporary America"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>For Unit 3, we make a giant leap in time forward to the present, to consider the ongoing, currently-unfolding political drama about health care policy (and yes, I promise you: it is a drama). <\/p>\n

Wed, April 3:<\/strong> Health Care Policy before 2008. Begin by reading the Stevens article in the course reader, “History and Health Care Policy in the United States: The Making of<\/a> a Health Care Industry, 1948-2008.” I STRONGLY recommend that you make a timeline in your own notes, to sort out the chronology and the important legislative milestones. Also, please read Christy Ford Chapin’s article for The Conversation<\/em>, “Why Insurance Companies Control Your Medical Care”<\/a> (online link). You ca<\/a>n ignore the Burnham chapters as listed in the syllabus, we won’t be using those after all. <\/p>\n

Mon, April 8:<\/strong> Field Guide to the Policy Landscape. Reading: Reagan’s 1961 “Operation Coffeecup” transcript, in the course reader. This was distributed by the American Medical Association as a vinyl record for people to listen to in home meetings (like Tupperware parties, but for fearmongering anti-Communist health care policy. Ah, the ’60s), so if you want to listen to Reagan’s velvet voice delivering it, you can find it on YouTube<\/a> and follow along. <\/p>\n

Links to explore on Monday during class –
\nWikipedia –> Healthcare Reform in the United States<\/a>
\nUS History in Context<\/a> –> Health Care Reform
\nBallotPedia –> History of Health Care Policy in the United States<\/a>
\nAmerican Medical Association –> Vision for Health Care Reform<\/a>
\nKaiser Family Foundations –> History of Health Reform in the US <\/a>
\nNew York Times –> Health Care Reform<\/a> topic search
\nJAMA –> US Health Care Reform Progress to Date and Next Steps<\/a> (B. Obama, 2016)
\nPew Research –> Health Care<\/a>
\nProCon.org –> Obamacare<\/a> or Right to Health Care<\/a>
\nCommonwealth Fund –> Health Care System Performance Rankings<\/a><\/p>\n

Wed, April 10:<\/strong> Film Day: Sicko<\/em> (2007). No reading; Disease Project Paper due<\/strong> by classtime. Upload to Blackboard under “Assignments” portal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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