Discussion Questions
• What are the main inputs to health mentioned
in this case?
• Are there important inputs to health that the case does not
mention?
• What health behaviors should get priority?
• Is there evidence that reducing smoking improves health?
• Is there evidence that reducing obesity improves health?
• Does income play any role in improving health?
• How important is health insurance in improving health?
• Wyandotte County has relatively few primary care physicians.
Should the number of primary care physicians be a priority?
• Can you find any evidence that improving primary care improves
health?
• What role, if any, should private foundations play in improving
health?
• What role, if any, should state governments play in improving
health?
• What role, if any, should the federal government play in improving
health?
• Which of these questions are examples of positive economics?
Normative economics
