HCS 440 Week 3

Individual Health Care Spending Paper

Resource: Health Care Spending Paper grading criteria on the student website

Write a 1,250- to 1,750-word paper in which you explain your position on national health care spending in the United States. Include information on the following:

The level of current national health care expenditures

Whether the spending is too much or not enough

Where the nation should add or cut, and why

How the publics health care needs are paid for, such as being financed by various payers, while indicating the percent of total expenditures they represent

Provide a forecast of the following:

The future economic needs of the health care system

Why these needs must be addressed

How you envision these needs will be financed

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion Questions

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