Assignment (1) 400 words
Government in Health Care
No one should be without access to health care; however, costs and the inability to obtain health insurance make it difficult to seek health care services. Although individuals can seek emergency care without the ability to pay, these same individuals often go without routine health care services, which arguably increase health care costs.
Focus your discussion on the following:
Synthesize whether it be more cost-effective to arrange for routine care for everyone, which will increase the expected life span, or if it would be better to just provide free urgent care.
Which option provides more life-years per dollar spent?
Assignment (2) 400 words
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics deals with the broader context of the economy. Rather than focusing on the internal financial condition of a health care organization, macroeconomics is concerned with the larger picture, or the whole.
Focus your discussion on the following:
Evaluate the gross domestic product (GDP) of a country other than the United States.
Discuss how the United States can reduce its GDP to align with other countries while maintaining the highest level of quality care.