Class Eleven
This week we examine health inequality in America — and what can and should be done about it.
More specifically, I’ll be asking how poor and lower-income families can achieve better health? Which inevitably raises the question whether we should move toward a single-payer health care plan — and if so, how? And finally, how is the range of politically acceptable health policy solutions likely to change as a result of the pandemic?
IN THIS LESSON
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Why and how are inequalities of income, wealth, power, and race related to health?
Next, assuming that good health care is a limited resource, what’s the best means of allocating it — through the so-called “free market,” through rationing, through government subsidies, or some other means?