Anyone who has ever been a reporter knows what it’s like to be thrown into the deep end of the pool without a swimming lesson. You get the assignment and you learn on the job.
With support from the National Institute of Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation, AHCJ has produced a three-webinar series that can help you learn the fundamentals of the U.S. health care system — the basics you might have skipped over in the rush to make deadline. Or maybe you just need a refresher on how this whole, complicated patchwork functions (or falls short).
“Price and Profits: Understanding the U.S. Health Care ‘System’“ features three webinars, each about an hour long, followed by an accompanying quiz.
The course will take you through:
- The basics of the system’s parts, led by longtime health policy and insurance reporter Joe Burns — AHCJ’s health beat leader for health policy and insurance.
- A deeper dive into the complexities of Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA, led by former AHCJ board president Felice Freyer — previously of the Boston Globe and now an independent journalist.
- An exploration of what’s driving the upward spiral of costs, making health care less affordable than ever for many Americans, led by Joanne Kenen, journalist-in-residence at Johns Hopkins and a seasoned health policy reporter.
Watch the webinars and take the quiz after each one, and we’ll send you a certificate of completion. When you register, you’ll have access for six months, so you can take your time and learn at your own pace. We’ll even answer your questions along the way and point you to further resources for learning.
At the end, you’ll have a new line for your resumé. Get started here.
Special thanks to the NIHCM Foundation for supporting this series.
