Readings

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Class One - Introduction to Seminar

Kahn, Michael, "The Seminar." 1974. Unpublished Paper.

Class Two - Overview of the American Health Care System

Bodenheimer, Thomas. "High and Rising Health Care Costs. Part 1: Seeking an Explanation," Annals of Internal Medicine, May 17, 2005.

Bodenheimer, Thomas. "High and Rising Health Care Costs. Part 4: Can Costs Be Controlled While Preserving Quality?" Annals of Internal Medicine, July 5, 2006.

Blumenthal, David, "Employer-Sponsored Insurance--Riding the Health Care Tiger," The New England Journal of Medicine, July 13, 2006.

Iglehard, John K., "Medicaid Revisited--Skirmishes over a Vast Public Enteprisee," The New England Journal of Medicine, February 15, 2007.

Potetz, Lisa. "Financing Medicare: An Issue Brief," The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2008.

"The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care," Kaiser Commission of Key Facts, October 2007.

Class Three - Economics of Health Care Reform

Gruber, Jonathan, "Mass, Health Care Reform: View from One Year Out," from Healthcare Reform: Economics of 'Pay or Play' Employer Mandates Conference, Cornell University, Presented 9/14/07.

Pauly, Mark V. & Goodman, John C., "Incremental Steps Toward Health System Reform," Health Affairs, Spring 1995.

Pauly, Mark & Herring, Bradley, "Expanding Coverage Via Tax Credits: Trade-Offs and Outcomes," Health Affairs, January/February 2001. 

Detsky, Allan S., & Naylor, David, "Canada's Health Care System--Reform Delayed," The New England Journal of Medicine, August 21, 2003.

Class Four - Health Care Ethics in the Catholic Social Tradition

"A Framework for Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Protecting Human Life, Promoting Human Dignity, Pursuing the Common Good," United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, June 18, 1993.

Lustig, Andrew B., "Reform and Rationing: Reflections of Health Care in Light of Catholic Social Teaching," Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 1998.

Class Five - Disparities in Health Care for Underserved Communities

Bodenheimer, Thomas, "High and Rising Health Care Costs. Part 2: Technologic Innovation,: Annals of Internal Medicine, June 7, 2005.

Shwartz, Karyn, "How Trends in the Health Care System Affect Low-income Adults: Identifying Access Problems and Financial Burdens," Kaiser Low-Income Coverage and Access Survey, 12/07.

Munson, Ronald, "African Americans of Health Care" Outcome Uncertain: Cases and Contexts in Bioethics, 2003.

Evans, Melanie, "Building a Better SCHIP," Modern Healthcare, April 23, 2007.

Terhune, Chad and Meckler, Laura, "A Turning Point for Health Care," The Wall Street Journal Online, September 27, 2007.

Jha, Ashish K., et al., "Effect of the Transformation of the Veterans Affairs Health Care System on the Quality of Care," The New England Journal of Medicine, May 29, 2003.

Addendum

First, William, "Health Care in the 21st Century," The New England Journal of Medicine, 1/20/05.

"Glossary of Health Care Terms," http://www.pbs.org/healthcarecrisis/glossary.htm.

"The Challenge of Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," US Conf. of Catholic Bishops, 2007.

"A Framework for Solidarity: Prophetic Vision, Prophetic Action," Ctr. for Soc. Concerns, 2007-2008.

Immersion Reading

Capretta, James C., "Health Care with a Conscience," The New Atlantis, Fall 2008.