1. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Tools for Teaching Health Economics: An Economic Model, Betsy and Gary, a Frontline Documentary and Star Trek Tools for Teaching Health Economics: An Economic Model, Betsy and Gary, a Frontline Documentary and Star Trek Eric Jamelske jamelsem@uwec.edu Department of Economics

2. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Overview  What is Health Economics  Description of Students  Common Foundation/Framework  Universal Health Care  Betsy & Gary  Emergency Medical Hologram  An Economic Model

3. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Health Economics  The study of how society manages its scarce resources  Constrained Choices  What to Produce  How to Produce it  Who Gets it  Applications to Health Care

4. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire My Students  Mostly juniors  Mostly HCAD majors (long term care profession)  A few ECON majors, some others  How much does the US spend on health care annually?  Is this too little, too much, just right?  Health care survey pre-test

6. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Health Care Survey  In July 2007 some colleagues and I conducted a survey of Wisconsin residents regarding their health care coverage and health care concerns as well as their attitudes regarding health care reform in Wisconsin  Each year I have my Health Economics students take this survey at the beginning of the semester to help frame the course before we get going for the semester

7. The Debate Over Health Care ObamaCare……Romnesia?

8. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Currently, the U.S. health care system…

9. In general, I believe that under-utilization (not seeking care when it is/was really necessary) of health care services in the U.S. is… In general, I believe that over-utilization (seeking care when it is/was not really necessary) of health care services in the U.S. is…

10. All U.S. residents should have access to the same basic health care. I would be willing to pay significantly more in taxes…

11. I support The Affordable Care Act, Obama-Care How familiar are you with The Affordable Care Act, Obama-Care?

12. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Universal Health Care  Initial Writing Assignment  Wikipedia Definition  Sick Around the World (Frontline, PBS)  Sick (Jonathan Cohn, HarperCollins-2007)  Critical Care (Star Trek Voyager, Season 7)  Two page paper on Universal Health Care in the US

13. PBS Frontline Documentary

14. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Sick Around the World  UK, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Taiwan  Everyone must obtain health insurance  Government pays for those that can’t afford premium  Insurance cannot deny anyone coverage  Insurance cannot make profit on basic care coverage  Set schedule of prices for doctors, hospitals, drugs…  Spend less, better outcomes, everyone has access, not perfect

15. SICK The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis and the People Who Pay the Price SICK The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis and the People Who Pay the Price

16. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Sick  Gary and Betsy  Unemployed, lose insurance  Feeling ill  Don’t seek care when should  Cancer  Get care, but too late  Gary loses wife, kids lose mother, and bankrupt

17. Star Trek Voyager Critical Care

18. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire  Emergency Medical Hologram, The Doctor  Treatment Coefficient  Level Red  Level Blue  Cytoglobin  Critical Care!? Health Care Allocation

21. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire What is the optimal amount of resources to allocate to health care? No Definite Answer No Perfect System What is the optimal amount of resources to allocate to health care? No Definite Answer No Perfect System The $64 Million Trillion Question