United States Health Policy

Harvard HSPH

This course will provide students with a basic and thorough introductory understanding of the U.S. health system focusing on access, quality of care, and costs. Students will learn how the system and its most important sub-elements are structured, how care is organized, delivered, and financed, and how national health reforms influence the system’s future directions. Students will write five policy memos concerning immediate and real-world U.S. health policy issues.