Hello all, and welcome to our podcast episode about health care! In this episode, we're going to being by looking at how we define health care problems (is it good health or good medical care?), spend a great deal of time looking at data (on mortality rates, aging populations, insurance, costs, etc.), and then consider what is known as the public health approach to addressing problems (including problems that aren't typically identified as a health care issue). This episode wraps with a review of the levels of causality and a practice application of our decision-making models using the Affordable Care Act policy as a way to apply those models. Let me know if you run into challenges with understanding the material or applying the models and I'll get back to you right away!