Presented By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)
Health Care in the United States
Where Are We Now?
This five-session course examines our health care system throughout history and the interplay among care professions (especially physicians), facilities (especially hospitals),
and payment mechanisms (private and public).
The topics include 1. Checkup: how does our health care fare when compared to others?; 2. Bloodletting to brain surgery: health care professions; 3. Almshouses to health care systems: health care facilities; 4. Chickens and corn to Obamacare and TrumpCare: paying for health care; and 5. What’s next?
Instructor Thomas Bice has experience in research and graduate teaching in public policy. He has also worked for a national health insurance company.
This study group for those 50 and above will meet for 90 minutes each Tuesday from October 10 through November 7.
and payment mechanisms (private and public).
The topics include 1. Checkup: how does our health care fare when compared to others?; 2. Bloodletting to brain surgery: health care professions; 3. Almshouses to health care systems: health care facilities; 4. Chickens and corn to Obamacare and TrumpCare: paying for health care; and 5. What’s next?
Instructor Thomas Bice has experience in research and graduate teaching in public policy. He has also worked for a national health insurance company.
This study group for those 50 and above will meet for 90 minutes each Tuesday from October 10 through November 7.
Cost
- $30
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