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Cost of the Health Care System

Reading 1: Rosenthal Chapters 2 & 3

Reading 2: “Health Care Spending in the US and Other High Income Countries”  Journal of the American Medical Association 2018 (pg1024-1039)

Video 1: The Real Reason American Health Care is So Expensive (6 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNla9nyRMmQ

Video 2: The Economics of Healthcare (10 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbBKoyjFLUY

Guiding Questions:

What aspect of health care does the US spend the most money on?

Why does the US spend more money than other countries?

Does high spending on health care lead to improved health in the population of the US?