Assignment:
Current Economic Trends in Healthcare
1. RMF: Look at the current public and private options available for care. Are these working? What works well? What does not? Are there any options you would like to see as the universal health care of the future? If so, why? If not, what should be changed? Please ensure to substantiate your response with a personal account of your own experience in the work place/ others. Explain in 150- 200 words
2.Who pays for losses: insurance companies or the people who buy insurance? What is an "actuarially fair" premium? Do insurance companies take risks, or do they just put a price on risks? Who takes care of people when they need medical care they cannot afford? Are people who think they will become sick more likely to obtain insurance? Substantiate your response with a personal account of your own experience in the work place/ others. Explain in 150- 200 words
3.Why are there more foreign doctors practicing in the United States than U.S. doctors practicing overseas if the needs are much greater there? Can medical groups advertise to attract more patients and increase market power? Are bigger practices more efficient? Is price discrimination legal? Why are some patients charged more for the same service? Why and how are doctors giving discounts on fees? Explain in 150- 200 words.
4. Do you feel managed care plans are the solution to the health care crisis in the United States? Support your response. Your response should be 200-300 words. Please ensure to substantiate your response with scholarly sources or a personal account of your own experience in the work place.
5. Based on the answer below do you feel managed care plans are the solution to the health care crisis in the United States? Your opinions only! 150 word count!
6. Based on the answer below do you feel managed care plans are the solution to the health care crisis in the United States? Your opinions only! 150 word count!
7. What would be the risks and benefits of a young, healthy person choosing a managed care plan? What would be the risks and benefits of an older person with a chronic disease selecting a managed care plan? Your response should be 200-300 words. Please ensure to substantiate your response with scholarly sources or a personal account of your own experience in the work place.
8. Based on the answer below, what would be the risks and benefits of a young, healthy person choosing a managed care plan? What would be the risks and benefits of an older person with a chronic disease selecting a managed care plan? 150 words!
9. Based on the answer below, what would be the risks and benefits of a young, healthy person choosing a managed care plan? What would be the risks and benefits of an older person with a chronic disease selecting a managed care plan? 150 words
10. Review and Discuss Competition and the Cost of Medicare's Prescription Drug Program: 150 word count. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45552 \
11. Review and discuss the Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults Between 1985 and 2010 presentation. 150 word count. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/prevalence-maps.html
12. The Health Care Reform Project I. Each part builds upon the last portion completed.
Select a current health care economic issue, such as the influence of illegal immigrants on health care economics in the United States.
Write a 175-350 words summary describing the issue.
Perform a literature search on the issue. Find at least three articles and summarize each article in 175-350 words. Format your response consistent with APA guidelines.
The Health Care Reform Project II. Resources: Results from Health Care Reform Project, Part I
Research three possible solutions to your selected health care economic issue, as determined in part 1. The solutions do not need to be extensive, but must represent solutions identified in your research.
Describe your findings and proposed solutions in 700- 1,050 words from the information and articles collected in the Health Care Reform Project, Part I assignment.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
The Health Care Reform Project III. Resource: Health Care Reform Projects, Parts I and II
Prepare a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you summarize health care reform material.
Assume you are making a presentation to the board of directors concerning your investigation into the economic issue you submitted for your Health Care Reform Project assignments in Weeks Two and Three.
Have a minimum of 10 to 15 slides with extensive speaker notes, augmenting and expanding on the information presented in each slide.
Include the following in your presentation:
• Describe the economic issue selected.
• Identify methods and tools common to addressing economic challenges in the health care industry.
• Discuss how the methods and tools identified relate to health care reform.
• Determine the most effective method(s) and tool(s) that could be used to resolve the economic issue selected.
• Identify various payment sources and mechanism used in the health care industry.
• Determine which payment source(s) and mechanism(s) are the most effective to resolve the economic issue selected.
• List the steps needed to implement your solution.