Optional reading: Background on the U.S. health system

For those of you who are new to the study of (U.S.) healthcare, you may find pp. 128 – 135 of the Commonwealth Fund’s International Profiles of Health Care Systems helpful. Scott will cover more about the changing U.S. system in his lecture on September 19th as well. If anyone has suggestions for other good primers on the U.S. system, please add them to the blog comments.  And we’re happy to answer questions during or after class this Friday!

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2013/nov/international-profiles-of-health-care-systems