Object Title
Hustling Health Care: An Experiment in Ulterior Education Through Gameplay
Part of
Series 9. 2010 ➔ Parsons School of Design MFA Design and Technology Program Theses
Material Category
Thesis
Description
Hustling Health Care is a strategic board game that uses real world insurance claim price data. The game aims to teach players the actual cost of health care in the United States through play. Each player takes on the role of an insurance company. They play the game by selling plans to patients and paying claims. The players try to avoid bankruptcy while keeping their patients happy and healthy. To allow access to wide range of hospitals, including ones in their local area, players will be able to print new sets of cards for use in the game through a website. Knowing what claims have been paid for and how much each person paid for them gives players an advantage, so the better the player is at the game, the more informed they are as a health care consumer. Games that use real data represent a new frontier for educators, as playing to learn challenges conventional teaching methods.
Date
2010
Related person
Clay Ewing (designer)
Rights
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In accordance with The New School's Intellectual Property Rights Policy, copyright is held by each thesis' respective author. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron. (copyrighted)
Identifier
PC020402_2010_cewing
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Material Category
ThesisDescription
Hustling Health Care is a strategic board game that uses real world insurance claim price data. The game aims to teach players the actual cost of health care in the United States through play. Each player takes on the role of an insurance company. They play the game by selling plans to patients and paying claims. The players try to avoid bankruptcy while keeping their patients happy and healthy. To allow access to wide range of hospitals, including ones in their local area, players will be able to print new sets of cards for use in the game through a website. Knowing what claims have been paid for and how much each person paid for them gives players an advantage, so the better the player is at the game, the more informed they are as a health care consumer. Games that use real data represent a new frontier for educators, as playing to learn challenges conventional teaching methods.Date
2010Related person
Clay Ewing (designer)Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ (copyrighted)In accordance with The New School's Intellectual Property Rights Policy, copyright is held by each thesis' respective author. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron. (copyrighted)
Identifier
PC020402_2010_cewingThere’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.