HCS 440 All DQs

Week 1

Most people feel health care is priceless; however, health care comes with a steep cost. What factors must be considered when looking at the true cost of care? Remember to support your response.

What is a demand curve? Provide an example of a demand curve in health care. How could this example affect the economics of health care? Remember to support your response.

What part of the health care reform package do you think will be most beneficial to the consumer?

Week 2

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?

Should the United States allow the direct marketing of medications in print and on television? Support your response. How do you feel direct marketing affects the cost of prescription medications?

Review managed care plans in your text. Do you feel managed care plans are the solution to the health care crisis in the United States? Support your response.

Week 3

What has been the effect of MS-DRGs on hospital admissions and the length of stay? What are some advantages and disadvantages of MS-DRGs?

What advantage would a physician have by accepting a capitation rate from a managed care plan? What would be the disadvantages? Please include one properly cited reference with your response

Week 4

Should individuals with preexisting conditions be able to purchase health insurance at the same cost as those without such conditions? Why or why not?

How does the physician affect the cost of health care for insurance? Does the physician affect more than the cost of his or her services? If so, how?

Week 5

The health care legislation is the current topic in Washington D.C. and all the news networks. Is Health care a right or a privilege? Support your response. Should health care be financed by tax dollars and provided equally to all citizens?

What will have a greater effect on the future cost of health in the United States: political and social changes or medicinal and technological advances? Support your response and provide one properly cited reference.