Journal Club

7/27 at 6 PM at Dr. Westby's house.

Watch this beforehand if you can:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/

Less formal this time.

Journal Club is the last Monday of every month. Next month's Journal Club will be on Monday, August 31. If you have an idea for a venue or (better yet) a topic which you'd like to lead the discussion on, let us know.

Some questions to think about while viewing the film:

1) What is the key difference in health care in the 5 developed countries in the video when compared to the U.S?

2) What are the four basic health care models around the world?

3) Which model (country) is Medicare similar to? What about the VA?

4) What does the Republican Party advocate for? What about the Democratic Party?

5) What is the AMA's position on reform? How does this compare to the AAFP position? How do these compare to Mayo's stated position?

6) Going beyond question #5.. Where are all the other 'stakeholders' in health care coming from? What do they stand to lose or gain?

a) Doctors, b) Other providers, c) Hospitals, d) Insurance companies, e) Drug companies, f) Employers, g) Oh yeah, Patients.