Health Insurance and Payment Policy

Catalog description

This course examines the health insurance mechanisms used to pay for healthcare in the United States. The course will examine the U.S. system's origins, the incentives and policy implications that the system creates, past and present reforms, and how the US system compares to health care financing systems in other industrialized countries. Prereq: Grad standing in HSMP: HSMP-MHA, MPH-MP with HMP specialization, or PUBHLTH-PH with HMP specialization, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 802.