HCS 235 Week 5

Health Care Costs Presentation

Prepare and submit a 15-20 PowerPoint slide presentation with detailed speaker notes about how health care costs nationally impact health care facilities, health care workers, businesses, consumers, and the government.

Include the following:

Historical trends in financing health care

Impact of health care costs on access to care

Impact of health care costs on service delivery

How the government has attempted to control these costs

Recommendations for improvement

Think of this as a presentation you could give to a policy making body to demonstrate how the rising costs of health care affect consumers, businesses, health care facilities, health care workers, and the government. Graphics such as charts and graphs are appropriate. Keep the number of words on each slide to a minimum. The detail is in the speaker notes. Each slide should contain just one key concept. Include introductory, concluding and reference slides. At least three references are required. Speaker notes are expected to be comprehensive, using complete sentences, correct grammar, punctuation and spelling. Each team member is expected to turn in a Team Evaluation to their Individual Forum.

Discussion Questions

What have you learned in this class that will benefit you in the future?

What are your thoughts for the following; would health insurance coverage for alternative health care increase consumer choice or decrease health care costs?

At the beginning of class you all posted individual bios with your occupational and educational goals. Has this class either reinforced or changed your goals? Any thoughts.