Option 1: Popular Press analysis for Health Economics
Collect and analyze four newspaper or magazine articles relating to different health economics concepts.
The following “rules” apply:
A copy (link) of each popular press article should be included and follow the discussion.
The popular press article must have appeared in print since the beginning of the current semester.
The source and date of each popular press article must be indicated.
Analyses must be word-processed and double-spaced.
The analysis of each article is limited to a maximum of two pages.
Popular press articles must appear in:
The following major newspapers:
New York Times
USA Today
Washington Post
Washington Times
Chicago Tribune
Los Angeles Times
Wall Street Journal
Boston Globe
And the following major news magazines:
Fortune
Business Week
U.S. News and World Report
Newsweek
The Economist
Topics of Focus:
Choose a topic based on the content presented in the course.
Topic should be: The Demand for Medical Insurance: Traditional and Managed Care Coverage