Topic: Accessibility and affordability of health care.

Objective

Put yourself in the shoes of a policymaker and reflect on how economic theory and concepts studied in class can inform the design of a new policy aimed at addressing a population health issue of individual or societal relevance

How can economic theory can be applied to conclude an effective and practical policy solution?

What's expected?

Identify a population health issue that is of significant importance to either your home country or U.S accessibility and affordability of health care.

Why is a policy response needed?

Propose an intervention or policy informed by economic theory aimed at addressing the issue

Type of intervention or policy

Strengths and weaknesses / Expected outcomes

Implementation challenges / Generalizability / Ethics

Describe how you would evaluate the impact of your proposed intervention / policy

What data would you collect? How would you analyze the data?

Distributional preferences (competitive behavior)

Intentions-based social preferences (altruism, fairness)

Financial preferences