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Policy choices pertaining to the problems of costs and access in the U.S. health care market are presented to student teams, who choose and defend options to reign in costs and improve access.

This activity was designed for principles courses that cover health care markets. It could also be used in intermediate micro when covering insurance and asymmetric information or in health economics. It will take 50-75 minutes. The activity starts with a readiness-assessment quiz, which is followed by two policy application exercises. The quiz covers background information on basic concepts of asymmetric information, insurance and U.S. health care trends.

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