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  • TIE-U’s first offering: Oberlander’s Political Dynamics and Policy Dilemmas

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      August 29, 2011 at 12:40 pm
      Austin Frakt

    The first TIE-U (for “university”) offering will be Jonathan Oberlander’s Political Dynamics and Policy Dilemmas (UNC’s HPM 757). I’ll be reading and blogging on some of the papers listed in the course syllabus and, in coordination with Jon, likely some things that are not listed. This is intended to be a service not just to Jon’s students, but to all TIE readers. So, join in, follow along, ask questions, and continue your education. Also, if things go well, I’ll do this again in subsequent semesters, but for different types of courses. Housekeeping:

    • All TIE-U posts will have the “TIE-U tag”.
    • Other tags will note the professor (Oberlander, in this case), institution (UNC), course (HPM 757), and semester (Fall 2011).
    • At the end of this post I will include an index to all posts relevant to this course. It will grow over time.
    • At some point, I’ll make a TIE-U page that will link to all TIE-U courses (premature to do so now).
    Post Index for UNC’s HPM 757, Fall 2011 (Oberlander)
    • Introduction [this post]
    • Will health IT increase productivity in health care? [8/30/11]
    • Realists and radicals [9/1/11]
    • Can America ever escape rationing by “wallet biopsy”? Should it? [9/13/11]
    • A roundup of Social Transformation posts [9/14/11]
    • We’re all incrementalists now [9/20/11]
    • The lessons of 1994 [9/28/11]
    • Back(lash) to the future [10/5/11]
    • Health reform’s failure modes [11/1/11]
    • In health care, the US is on a different planet [11/15/11]
    • Why the ACA is not enough [11/22/11]
    • Medicare’s private plans [11/29/11]
    • False choices in the Medicare policy debate [12/6/11]
    • Explaining Medicare’s slowdown [12/7/11]
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      Health Policy
      Fall 2011, HPM 757, Oberlander, TIE-U, UNC
    • Comments (4)

    • by steve on August 29th, 2011 at 15:06

      Way cool. Hope I pass.

      Steve

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      • by Austin Frakt on August 29th, 2011 at 15:31

        Offered here for audit credit only. It cannot affect your stellar GPA. Class participation appreciated.

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    • by Matt Clark on August 29th, 2011 at 21:44

      As an undergrad at UNC not able to enroll in the course, this is pretty awesome.

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      • by Don Taylor on August 30th, 2011 at 08:05

        @Matt Clark
        PPS 111 (intro to US health system) at Duke starts tomorrow and there are seats and you can take one class at Duke for free each semester. I teach it. There is one UNC undergrad taking it. I went to UNC so it will be fine. class is 11:40-12:55 on mondays and fridays

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