{"id":92,"date":"2013-04-18T09:07:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T18:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/hi290\/?p=92"},"modified":"2013-11-21T05:50:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T15:20:32","slug":"health-care-reform-law-and-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/hi290\/health-care-reform-law-and-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Reform, Law and Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

During this unit, we’ll work at understanding our tremendously complex American health care system: its origins, current reform efforts, issues for debate, consequences, and possible future. <\/p>\n

Wed 4\/17<\/strong> – View Michael Moore’s film Sicko<\/em>. Response Paper #3 du<\/strong>e. <\/p>\n

Mon 4\/22<\/strong> – How Did We Get Here? Reading: Stevens, “History and Health Policy in the US” (PDF on Blackboard)<\/p>\n

In-class link: “Why is American Health Care So Ridiculously Expensive?”<\/a> (The Atlantic 3\/27\/13)<\/p>\n

Wed 4\/24<\/strong> – Costs:<\/a> Economic, Social and Ethical. Reading and Listening: Farmer, “Pathologies of Power” (PDF on Blackboard) and LISTEN to and take notes on this October 2009 hour-long episode<\/a> of the NPR program This American Life<\/em><\/p>\n

Links we watched in class:
\nMRI Costs<\/a> (Washington Post WonkTalk, March 2013)
\nHealth Care System Overview<\/a> (Khan Academy)
\nJournalist Steven Brill<\/a> talks about his Time cover story on Medical Bills (March 2013)<\/p>\n

Mon 4\/29<\/strong> – Health Care Refo<\/a>rm, Law & Policy. Start by browsing this site: Healthcare.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Then read these:
\nHealth Care Reform – Top 10 Pros\/Cons<\/a> on Procon.org
\n“The Case for Universal Health Care in the United States,”<\/a> AMSA (American Medical Student Association), 2008
\nRobert A. Levy, “The Case Against President Obama’s Health Care Reform: A Primer for Nonlawyers,” <\/a>Cato Institute White Paper, 2011 (12-page downloadable PDF)
\n“Fighting to Control the Word ‘Obamacare'”<\/a> NYT<\/em> 25 March 2012
\n“The ABCs of the Health Care Law and its Future,”<\/a> NYT<\/em> 2 April 2012<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> there quite a number of polemical websites, you might want to look at a few, keeping in mind none of these are official or scholarly sources – <\/p>\n

Obamacarefacts.com<\/a>
\nObamacareprosandcons.org<\/a>
\ntherepealpledge.com<\/a>
\nHeritageFoundation.org’s content on Obamacare<\/a>
\nCommonHealth: Reform and Reality<\/a> (WBUR.org)
\nNYT: Multimedia content on the Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n

Wed 5\/1<\/strong> – The HC Debate in Microcosm. See the “Debate”<\/strong><\/a> tab at the top of the course website. Prepare for the debate by taking, and supporting with evidence, a position in the health care debate. Due in class: Your Position Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mon 5\/6<\/strong> – Wrap Up Day and Exam Prep. We will complete the Glossary in or before class, and work on developing the format for the final together. <\/p>\n

Mon 5\/13<\/strong> – Final Exam 12:30 pm. Due at the final: Your Course Reflection Paper<\/strong> (prompt TBA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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