Problem: Government in Healthcare
No one should be without access to healthcare; however, costs and the inability to obtain health insurance make it difficult to seek healthcare services. Although individuals can seek emergency care without the ability to pay, these same individuals often go without routine healthcare services, which arguably increase healthcare costs.
Focus your discussion on the following:
1. Synthesize whether it is 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.
2. Which option provides more life years per dollar spent?