How do Americans impact their life expectancy and healthcare costs through behavioral choices?
Why does the U.S have higher infant mortality and low birth weight vs. other nations? What factors do education, income, and personal behavior play? What about race?
What are the main components of the ACA? How does it try to increase access? How does it try to contain cost?
As individuals grow older, how does their demand for medical care change? How does aging affect the provision of medical services? What is the evidence on health care spending in the last year of life?
Compare and contrast the US healthcare system to that of Canada and Germany on medical care system worldwide.