Question 1. What is meant by the term "health care costs"? Describe the three meanings of the term "cost."
Question 2. Why should the United States control the rising costs of health care?
Question 3. How do the findings from the Rand Health Insurance Experiment reinforce the relationship between growth in third-party reimbursement and increase in health care costs? Explain.
Question 4. Explain the eight main forces that will determine future change in health care.
Question 5. Discuss the main elements of the evolving health care delivery infrastructure in the United States.
Question 6. What is patient activation? What are the main challenges in activation?