The Structure & Cost of US Health Care: Crash Course Sociology #44

In our final episode of Crash Course Sociology we are going to talk about what the health care system in the US looks like, the five A’s of health care accessibility, and a couple of contributing factors to the affordability of health care: fee for service care and the structure of our health insurance system which encourage higher spending.

Thanks everybody for joining us for the past year on Crash Course Sociology!

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References:
Sociology by John J. Macionis, 15th edition (2014)

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[XaurielZ]

That was a very brave try at making the health care system in the US sound non-insane.

[MagicMottsMan]

Being from the UK I think its absurd that you'd have to pay to not die or suffer from a painful injury

[zacharyforbes]

Nice job Nicole! Hopefully we will see more of you in the future. About a year ago I thought to myself " I really don't know much about sociology, I wonder what's on YouTube?" And what I found was episode 1 of this course shortly after it was uploaded. I've watched every one since. Thanks Crash Course people!

[cosmicwarriorx]

Thanks Nicole Sweeney and the whole CC team... You guys were awesome during the entire course... And I learnt a lot... sure i am going to revisit this series many times in future...

Great job.. 👍👍

[spdizsg]

m from India 🇮🇳....I watched all 45 videos...m speechless 😶...wonderful ...I would like congratulate all team behind this series...This videos really gives ESSENCE OF SOCIOLOGY AS A SPECIAL SUBJECT...I really understand the need & importance of the Sociology ..I got interest in sociology...THANK U VERY MUCH ....🙏🏻धन्यवाद 🙏🏻

[matthewdockter]

This has been one of my favorite Crash Courses. Thanks to everyone!

[perapro]

Since I'm studying social medicine as a subject at the moment, I found it amazing that health was tackled under the circumstances of social factors if nothing but in at least 3 of your videos. Most people find the subject extremely boring and non crucial for a future medical knowledge but social medicine actually in reality is the background of everything that happened, you can't even write a common scientific paper without tackling some of the important health indicators these days. Thanks for making them and I really expect to see more cause book studying this is much harder and there are only a few videos on this subject than for example anatomy or biochemistry or any clinical branches. Best wishes from Serbia <3

[naturesoundlover]

Although I first watched it for learning English, this sociology courses gave me more what I thought.
Thanks, Nicola. Your smiling style made my motivation for learning higher. And thanks for all of the operators. I readily understood the contents with thought bubbles.

[Rallarberg]

The US: Total healthcare cost, all parties included, about $9850 per citizen per year.
Norway: Total healthcare cost, all parties included, about $4400 per citizen per year.
(2016 numbers)

I'm perfectly fine with paying slightly more taxes than the average US citizen, in order to have full and "free" access to some of the best healthcare in the World. :)

[TheBibliophiliac]

Healthcare in rural areas is the pits. I have been recommended a certain type of therapy, but can't get it because the nearest specialist is 2-3 hours away.

[TheIdleGenius]

Great course! Thank to Nicole, all the writers and the rest of the team. You never forget being awesome!

[christopherweston]

She had great energy in covering this topic.

[mattkuhn]

Sad to see the series end, but it’s been a great time! Wonderful job by Nicole and the crew!

[danielsawaked]

Watching this series on my own time has been so much fun, I’ve learned so so much, thank you!

[bethanybridges]

Nicole Sweeney; crash course; I wanted to let you know these videos helped me get an A in my sociology class.

Nicole, you helped me understand all of the concepts in my sociology book that I was unable to prior to this class such as Gender, Race, and The sociological view as a whole.

Obviously I still had to read my book but you opened up my eyes to how I am to answer the questions for this class.

It means so much!!

I wish you wonderful things in your life and Creaters of crash course

[marioberrio]

Nicole, thank you so much. I enjoyed this course very much and I learned a lot. These crash courses are awesome, and an inspiration about how future education should be like

[kishorehari]

Really enjoyed this course. It covered such a broad basis of topics, but with a different lens than what we are used to seeing. Nicole - you were most excellent as the host!

[ashvic]

The US healthcare is crazy!! Here in Malaysia a "third world country" we have universal healthcare. i broke my hand when i was 18. i went to a government hospital and they charged me RM1 (about 25 cents US).

[Kamila_Koziol]

Thanks a lot for this wonderful series. You've tackled loaded subjects and have done it with class. It was really interesting.

[Unplanted]

Thank you so much for the course! I was looking forward to every episode and I hope to see you again soon!