Medical schools including healthcare costs in curricula

Editor's Note

Medical schools are beginning to teach students about healthcare costs and payment models as more patients enroll in high-deductible insurance plans and healthcare moves toward value-based care, according to a report by Kaiser Health News/KPCC/NPR.

An Association of American Medical Colleges survey found that 129 of 140 responding schools require a course on healthcare costs, and nearly 40% present the issue in elective courses.

Time for a pop quiz: When it comes to health care, what's the difference between cost, charge and payment? "Does anyone want to take a stab at it?" Sara-Megumi Naylor asks a group of first-year residents at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Naylor answers her own question with a car metaphor.