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HA-101

US Healthcare System Overview

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Explain how the US healthcare system is built, paid for and regulated, and follow a patient's dollar from insurer to provider.

Start hereNo background needed. Use your own insurance card and one medical bill as the case study.

8 hours total5 Chapters20 Lessons1 ExamsFREE
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How this course updates itself

Every day we scan the latest information in every field. We share with you what we think is a change as we go through regular course curriculum work, so it's the most current thing possible.

Nothing in the news has changed what this course teaches. The daily scan last checked it on ; when something does change, a dated note with sources appears here.

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Take a position on US Healthcare System Overview. The AI counselor argues the other side, asks you questions back, and cites a source for every fact it states. Sources listed under a reply are the pages it actually found; if none are listed, it is arguing from reasoning only. It is an AI and it can be wrong: check the sources.

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    Course Syllabus

    8h total

    Practice

    1. Map your local hospital, a clinic and a pharmacy onto the provider types.
    2. Identify who pays for your own care and what type of payer they are.
    3. Find one example each of fee-for-service and value-based delivery near you.

    Check

    Draw the flow of money for one doctor's visit: patient, payer, provider.

    Topics Covered

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    Questions about this course

    Is this course really free?
    Yes. There is no account, tuition or card. Current University is not accredited and gives no degrees, credit or certificates.
    How long does it take?
    About 8 hours across 5 chapters and 20 lessons, at your own pace.
    What do I need before I start?
    No background needed. Use your own insurance card and one medical bill as the case study.
    Can I ask questions or disagree with the course?
    Yes. The course has an AI counselor that takes the other side, asks you questions back and lists the sources it used.