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Introduction to Sociology - Online
Reading Assignments, Lecture Notes, Videos & Web Sites

Unit 9: Health Care

Readings:

Macionis, Society: The Basics, chapter 14, the Section on "Health and Medicine")

"More in U.S. Say Healthcare Is the Most Important Problem," Gallup Politics, July 14, 2017

Hannah Fingerhut, "Support for 2010 Health Care Law Reaches New High," Pew Research Center, February 23, 2017

V. Lance Tarrance, "The Art of the Deal on Healthcare: Repeal vs. Repair," Gallup Polling Matters, April 11, 2017

Elisabeth Rosenthal, “The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill: Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures,” New York Times, June 1, 2013

Jay Livingston, "Health Care Costs, Greed, and “Socialism”, The Society Pages, March 29, 2013

Visit this Web Site for an Overview of theAffordable Care Act:

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Health Reform