Healthcare rationing

Lecture Material

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.

NPR segment comparing healthcare in the US and Holland

NPR segment on how patients are starting to share their own medical information on the Internet

NPR segment about how the US got to an employer financed health insurance system.

NPR Segment on breast cancer screening. This serves as a good case study on issues in healthcare reform and financing

NPR segment on "disease creep" in healthcare.

Argument for healthcare rationing An article by Peter Singer lays out the choices facing Americans

Healthcare Decisions A good article about the fallacy of the "death panels."