Healthcare rationing
Lecture Material edit
Fall 2009 edit
NPR Reports edit
NPR segment about the rising drug use due to drug advertising
NPR story about how the current healthcare system encourages doctors to provide more care than needed.
US vs.Holland on healthcare transcript
NPR segment comparing healthcare in the US and Holland
Patient Healthcare Information Sharing
Patient Healthcare Information Sharing transcript
NPR segment on how patients are starting to share their own medical information on the Internet
Employer Health Insurance Transcript
NPR segment about how the US got to an employer financed health insurance system.
Breast Cancer Screening transcript
NPR Segment on breast cancer screening. This serves as a good case study on issues in healthcare reform and financing
How a Bone Disease Grew to Fit the Prescription
How a Bone Disease Grew to Fit the Prescription Transcript
NPR segment on "disease creep" in healthcare.
Articles edit
Argument for healthcare rationing An article by Peter Singer lays out the choices facing Americans
Breast Cancer Screening decision
Healthcare Decisions A good article about the fallacy of the "death panels."