This course is an introduction to the American health care system.  It addresses the laws and policies governing medical practice and health care institutions.  Subjects covered include: professional practice, quality of care, access to care, institutional organization and regulation, ERISA, financing, and reform.

At the end of this course students will :

1. understand the structure of the US health care system and the relevant laws that interact with the system;

2. be able interpret and apply case law, statutes and regulations to determine how a court might resolve a dispute involving various health law issues,

3. become competent consumers of policy research and learn to provide thoughtful advice to policymakers on the contemporary health care problems