Pay Till It Hurts Assignment

Some of you are posting your case discussion, but I thought it might be helpful to remind some of you what you signed up to do for the case (sorry it is only first names):

Nathan:   Debate over the costs

Avaneesh:  Vaccines

Spencer:  Diabetes

Ken:  Cost of ER

Ben:  Hip Replacement

Jakob:  Surprise Bills

Alice:  Tests and Scans

Mozamil: Asthma

Fernando:  Increasing problems of pregnancy

Brent:  Colonoscopy

Ninja:  Doctor's Salaries

Also, for an update on more recent articles by Elisabeth Rosenthal, you may find these interesting as well.  This article about a patient shot in a hospital room was also covered by This American Life.  It's about letting police guard hospitals with guns but no medical practice.  She wrote the cover story.