Health Policy Made Ridiculously Simple

Let's face it…medical schools do a horrible job of teaching health policy. Fortunately, AMSA has made it ridiculously simple to learn about a variety of health policy topics. Check this page periodically for updates - we write new primers all the time!

HEALTH POLICY 101

• Chapter 1: Overview of the U.S. Health Care System (2006)
• Chapter 2: Health Insurance (2005)
• Chapter 3: Health Care Financing (2005)
• Chapter 4: Health Care Access (2005)
• Chapter 5: The Uninsured (2005)
• Chapter 6: Medical Malpractice (2003)
• Chapter 7: Prescription Drugs (2001)
• Chapter 8: Physician Workforce (2005)

OTHER HEALTH POLICY PRIMERS

Health Financing

Pay-for-Performance (2006)

Health Savings Accounts (2005)

 

Malpractice

Alternative Methods of Malpractice Resolution (2005)

 

Graduate Medical Education

Residency Work Hours (2005)

Graduate Medical Education Financing (2004)

 

Prescription Drugs

Off-Label Marketing of Prescription Drugs (2005)

 

Medical Records

Medical Record Privacy (2001)

 

Tobacco

Tobacco Control (2000)

 

Universal Health Care

See the Universal Health Care Educational Resources page for an extensive collection of primers on universal health care.

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