The healthcare sector, now representing more than one-sixth of the U.S. economy in terms of economic activity, continues to change in unimaginable ways. This lecture will first take the pulse of the U.S. health care sector and make international comparisons. In the second part, we will discuss how economists think about the trends that are developing within this sector – with the emphasis on the hospitals, big pharma, and health insurance industry and try to explain, why the healthcare costs keep on going up.
Launching in the Spring 2022 semester, each of the 4 schools, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Business, and School of Professional Studies, conduct a lecture that serves as an example of teaching, research, engagement in learning that is reflective of SUNY Old Westbury’s Mission. Please see the schedule below of the lectures happening this semester:
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Cold War Long Island: February 23 – 2:40 PM
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Prof. Karl Grossman (American Studies/Media & Communications) and Dr. Christopher Verga (Suffolk County Community College)
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- We Charge Genocide: A Contextualized Review of Consequences of Police Violence: March 28 – 2:40 PM
- Dr. Rahwa Haile (Public Health)
- Pharaonism as Racial Nationalism in Egypt: March 29 – 2:40 PM
- Dr. Kyle Anderson (History & Philosophy)
- An American Sickness: A Closer Look Into the American Healthcare System: April 5 – 2:40 PM
- Dr. Veronika Dolar (Politics, Economics, and Law)