Module 3: Insurance

Lecture Slides

Insurance

Evolution to Managed Care

Social Insurance

Reading

Required: Santerre, R. E., & Neun, S. P. chapter 6, chapter 10, chapter 11 

Required: Johnson-Lans chapter 3, 4, 5 

Recommended:

Cutler, D. M., & Zeckhauser, R. J. (Eds.). (2000). The Anatomy of Health Insurance. (Vol. Handbook of Health Economics).

Gruber, J. (2008). Covering the Uninsured in the United States. Journal of Economics Literature, 46(3), 571-606.

Glied, S. (2000). Managed Care. In A. Culyer & J. P. Newhouse (Eds.), Handbook of Health Economics. : New York, Elsevier Science BV 1A

Gresenz, C. R., Rogowski, J., & Escarce, J. J. (2007). Social Networks and Access to Health Care Among Mexican-Americans. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, No. 13460. 

Handouts

Assignments

Links

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/041b5acaf5/protect-insurance-companies-psa

http://www.healthinsurance.org/glossary/

Lifetime Taxes and Benefits from Medicare