America's healthcare is by far the most expensive in the world, and in 2014 there were still 33 million Americans (10.4%) who went without health insurance. Healthcare reform is not only about expanding access, but bringing costs down and demystifying the rules and logistics of health insurance.
- Describe and compare how multiple initiatives are working to reach out to minority or marginalized populations in order to get them enrolled in healthcare coverage.
- How are Hawaii and Rwanda similar in their approaches to striving for universal health coverage? Are there lessons one can learn from the other?
- What are strategies for bringing down healthcare costs? Look at how initiatives like ELAP or Camden Coalition are working. How do they disentangle the data on health costs to find solutions?
- What do you believe are the key societal ingredients needed for a robust and effective healthcare system, based on what you've learned from these pieces?