Component 1; Unit 4: Financing Health Care, Part 1

Description:

This unit provides an overview of the role of health care in the economy and a description of various models of health care financing. The unit provides a history of the current U.S. system and laws that have influenced its development. It also includes discussion of health care financing at the government, health care organization, and consumer levels.

Objectives:

Describe the history and role of the health insurance industry in financing health care in the United States, and the federal laws that have influenced the development of the industry.
Explain the importance of the health care industry in the U.S. economy and the role of financial management in health care.
Describe models of health care financing in the U.S. and in selected other countries.
Explain the differences among various types of private health insurance and describe the organization and structure of network-based managed care health insurance programs.
Describe the various roles played by government as policy maker, payor, provider, and regulator of health care.

Describe the organization and function of Medicare and Medicaid.

Lectures:

Component 1; Unit 4; Lecture 4a Comp1_unit4a_lecture_slides

The history of the health insurance industry in the U.S. (20:54)