There are two textbooks for this course:

1)The first text for this course is written by Mayer, "Everything Economics". 

Access the text via the following link (copy  link and paste in your browser)
http://ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=418083&site=eds-live&scope=site
The second textbook is: Economic Theory Through Application
And can be found at:
https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_economics-theory-through-applications /

Week 3: The Demand For Health Insurance

 
Print
Read:
1) Economic Theory Through Applications- Chapter 5.3 Avoiding Risk (p. 155-167)
2) Economic Theory Through Applications- Chapter 5.4 Embracing Risk (p. 168-177)
3) Economic Theory Through Application: Chapter 16.2 Health Insurance (page 718-729)
4) Consumer Demand for HC Insurance

Week 4: Supply of Healthcare in a Competitive Market

Read:
1) Mayer Textbook Chapter 7: Competitive Markets
2) Economic Theory Through Application-  Chapter 7.3  The Costs of a Firm  (p. 263--275)
3) Economic Theory Through Application - Chapter 7.5 The Supply Curve of a Competitive
Firm (p. 279-288)
4)Economic Theory Through Application - Chapter 8.1 Market Supply and Market
Demand (p. 292-302)

Week 5: Market Structure and Impact on Supply

Read: Week 5 reading
1) Mayer Chapter 8:Imperfectly Competitive Markets
2)          "The Increased Concentration... Can Lead to ..." 
http://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0406
3)         Economic Theory Through Application - 8.5 Beyond Perfect Competition pg. 334-342
 4)          Economic Theory Through Application  - 15.1 Market Power and Monopoly pg. 652-
664
5) "How Might Proposed Mergers Impact State Insurance Markets"
http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/12/01/how-might-proposed-payer-mergers-impact-state-
insurance-markets/
 6)         Economic Theory Through Application  - 15.3 Market with Small Number of Sellers
pg. 675-693