GHLT0258A-F23
Healthcare in the U.S.
Please register via INTD 0258A
Healthcare in the U.S.
At a time when achieving consensus on anything is close to impossible, nearly everyone agrees that our current health care system is broken. In this course we will explore the impediments to reforming health care in the United States, which by a variety of measures wastes approximately 25% of the country’s 3.8 trillion dollars spent annually. The goal in this course is not to argue a certain perspective. Rather, through readings and discussion of original sources, we will explore the complexities of our health care system, evaluate its attributes and failings, compare it with other systems around the world, and wrestle with questions posed by our current trajectory. We will explore how powerful interests—Big Pharma, insurance companies, hospital lobbyists, and physician guilds-- array to maintain the status quo despite clear evidence of alternative paths that would serve the greater good.
At a time when achieving consensus on anything is close to impossible, nearly everyone agrees that our current health care system is broken. In this course we will explore the impediments to reforming health care in the United States, which by a variety of measures wastes approximately 25% of the country’s 3.8 trillion dollars spent annually. The goal in this course is not to argue a certain perspective. Rather, through readings and discussion of original sources, we will explore the complexities of our health care system, evaluate its attributes and failings, compare it with other systems around the world, and wrestle with questions posed by our current trajectory. We will explore how powerful interests—Big Pharma, insurance companies, hospital lobbyists, and physician guilds-- array to maintain the status quo despite clear evidence of alternative paths that would serve the greater good.
- Term:
- Fall 2023
- Location:
- Axinn Center 219(AXN 219)
- Schedule:
- 8:15am-9:30am on Tuesday, Thursday (Sep 11, 2023 to Dec 11, 2023)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Course Modality:
- In-Person
- Instructors:
- Richard Finkelstein
- Subject:
- Global Health
- Department:
- Global Health
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- AMR SOC
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- INTD0258A-F23 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 92613
- Subject Code:
- GHLT
- Course Number:
- 0258
- Section Identifier:
- A