HP Lecture #2: History of U.S. Health Policy

Core Lecture #2: History of United States Health Policy

Faculty: Kyle Fischer, MD

https://em.umaryland.edu/profiles/faculty/1432/

 

Objectives:

1. Describe the incremental changes that led to the American health system.
2. Describe the concept of “Path dependency” as a key characteristic of the system’s evolution.
3. Understand that additional changes are likely.

Required Reading:

1. "History of the U.S. Health System"  http://samples.jbpub.com/9781284120134/Chapter1.pdf

 

Optional Resources:

1. “Timeline: History of Health Reform in the U.S.” from the Kaiser Family Foundation https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-02-13-history-of-health-reform.pdf

2. Harvard Open Access “History of US Health Policy Reform” https://courses.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/PH210x/1T2014/courseware/6c72e264cfc640d7a3b998930e99921b/391db3c7c4b84d288f598765ed169740/

 

Lecture: Click below to begin lecture

HP Lecture 2 Video

Assessment: Choose a significant event in US health policy history and describe its importance and impact on the current healthcare system. Click here to take asessment.