Why this track comes first
A clinical idea that cannot name the payer is a poster. Track 1 is the public home of the financial lens before Track 3 turns it into budgets and funding plans.
1.1 How Healthcare Gets Paid For
Insurance basics, premiums, deductibles, and employer versus government coverage. A student who finishes this module should be able to say who writes the check for a visit, not just that insurance pays.
1.2 The Cost of Care
Why healthcare is expensive: administrative costs, drug pricing, and hospital billing. This is the module that stops a team from treating price as a mystery or a moral slogan.
1.3 Access and Disparities
Rural care deserts, uninsured populations, and global health gaps. Examples of gaps, not a complete list. If you cannot point to a person or a community, you are not done with this module.
Lab preview
Build a basic insurance-comparison worksheet for a hypothetical family. Full files wait behind roster approval.