One Day University: Living and Dying in America: An Indispensable Healthcare Workshop

One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. The nation is engaged in a bitter and partisan debate over the future of our health care system. How is it that we spend more on health care than any other nation (roughly $2.7 trillion, or 17% of our gross domestic product) and still have more than 50 million uninsured? How can we improve the quality and efficiency of the health delivery system? Should the government be more involved or less involved in efforts to reform the system? The Affordable Care Act (known as Obamacare) was designed to be a comprehensive effort to help the uninsured, improve the quality of the health delivery system, and slow the rising cost of medical care. But is it really that? In this workshop, Professor Michael Sparer describes the impact of the law to date and reviews the key questions still unanswered. Professor Sparer also summarizes the ten most important trends in the healthcare marketplace, and how they already are affecting every one of us.