Arts, Sciences, and Engineering					History
Course Section Listing	Course	Course Title					Term	Credits	Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-124212	HIST 373W-1	American Health Politics and Policy					Spring 2022	4.0	Open
Schedule:		Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date W 1400 1640 Hylan Building Room 203 01/12/2022 05/07/2022
Enrollment:		Enrolled      10	Capacity      18
Co-Located:		HIST 373W-1 (P), HIST 473-1, PM 420-1, PSCI 317W-1
Instructors:		Mical Raz
Restrictions:		Not open to First Year and Sophomore - AS&E
Description:		This course examines the formation and evolution of American health policy from a political and historical perspective. Concentrating on developments from the early twentieth century to the present, the focus of readings and discussions will be political forces and institutions and historical and cultural contexts. Among the topics covered are periodic campaigns for national health insurance, efforts to rationalize and regionalize health care institutions, the creation of Medicare and Medicaid and the further evolution of these programs, the rise to dominance of economists and economic analysis in the shaping of health policy, racial and gender disparities in access to care and in quality of care, the formation and failure of the Clinton administration's health reform agenda, health reform in the George W. Bush administration and the 2008 presidential campaign, and national health reform and pushback during the Obama administration. Instructor permission required for 2nd year students. Sophomores should request a Pre-requisite override to gain entry to the course.
Offered:		Spring