Instructions
The Health Policy Event you choose to attend must be related to the current week’s topics and have taken place within the last two years. The general topic is the financing of health care in the America, and why costs are so high. You can focus on government programs like Medicare or Medicaid, the ACA, and trends in private health insurance. So, you have lots of choices. You can also use the sources listed in slides 6 and 7 of the instructor’s notes for the zoom class on Sept 18.
PLEASE DO NOT PICK AN EVENT THAT COVERS THE SAME TOPIC AS THE ONE FOR THE 2ND EVENT ASSIGNMENT (OCTOBER 3) ON SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE, ALSO IN THIS MODULE.
Please submit your Health Policy Event Log (using the Template below) in one Word document to this assignment. Access Guidelines for Health Policy Event for full instructions.
Links to Health Policy Events for this Week: You may also consult other websites or do a google search for videos on a specific topic within the broad range of choices for health care financing:
-https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/.
-https://www.bu.edu/sph/conversations/status/past/
-https://www.centerforhealthjournalism.org/webinars
-https://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/webinars
-https://www.commonwealthfund.org/about-us/events
-https://familiesusa.org/product-type/webinar/
If you find another event you are interested in attending related to the current week’s topics but are unsure if it would be eligible, email your instructor and ask. You may also attend a related health policy event that is in-person.
Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.
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