Health Policy

Health Policy Syllabus 2008

U.S. Health Care Spending

High Concentration of U.S. Health Care Expenditures

Health of the Nation - NEJOM - May 2008

Frontline - Sick Around the World - April 2008

Health Care Reform - the Advocates - NEJOM - September 2008

Brookings Event: Who's Got the Cure? July 2007

Links to  2006 course readings

Munger and Stone chapters

Bending the curve: Options for Achieving Savings and Improving Value in US Health Spending

Recent Trends in Infant Mortality in the United States

Miller - MEDPAC Report to Congress - September 2008

McGlynn - Medicare Quality - NEJM - June 2003

Reinhardt - Primer for Journalists on Medicare Reform - March 2003

Medicare Now and in the Future - KFF.org - October 2008

Jonathan Gruber on Massachusetts Health Reform - Hastings Center Report - 2006

Health System Change Report on Massachusetts Health Reform - October 2008