Internet resources
Chapter 33: The Economics of Aging and Health Care
Web assignments:
- Social Security Reform
- Medical Savings Accounts
Web materials related to topics discussed in Chapter 33
- American Medical Association
- The home page of the Americal Medical Association contains health care information and
information about the AMA's current activities.
- Guide to Health Economics, Medical and Pharmacy Resources on The Net
- This site, created by Patti Peeples, contains an extensive list of links to
health economics sites on the internet.
- Health Care Financing Administration
- This agency is charged with administering the federal Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health
insurance programs. Information about these programs and a variety of health care statistics are
available at this web site.
- Health Economics: Places to Go
- This page, created and maintained by Ansgar Hebborn, contains links to a variety of health economics
resources on the web.
- National Center for Health Statistics
- The web site of the National Center for Health Statistics contains a wide variety of statistics
and data related to health care issues.
- Social Security Administration
- This site contains information on the history of the social security system, it's current
finances, as well as information about social security benefits and taxes.
- Social Security Privatization page at the Cato Institute.
- This page contains information on a proposed replacement of the social security system with a
privatized system. Articles, testimony, and video and audio clips are available at this site.
Related resources:
- Other economic resources
- This page contains a set of links to economic resources that may be of interest to introductory economics students.
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