0002 - Obamacare Presentation

Course Description

Obamacare is considered the biggest legislative change to the American health care system in nearly 50 years.  As the country prepares for major provisions of the law to come into practice on January 1, 2014, please join us to learn about insurance exchanges, Medicaid expansion, the individual mandate, how they will affect you and much more.

 
Professor Sharma, an expert in health economics, has been researching and teaching about the economics of health and health care for nearly 20 years.
He will cover:

    Overview of health insurance concepts.
    Overview of the American system for financing health care.
    What changes has  Obamacare already brought?
    Who will be affected by forthcoming changes and how?
    Why is the law controversial?
    Q & A session will be held after presentation.