Accessing a Health Issue

HSA 510

Accessing a Health Issue

Describe how you would assess the impact of the health care issue you selected in microeconomic terms. The current healthcare issue that I will be accessing is the increasing numbers of uninsured Americans. The reason this issue was selected is because I currently have a few relatives that are unable to receive healthcare due to lack of insurance. As costs continue to increase across the board, employers will have no choice but to take steps to contain the cost of their employees' healthcare. As has already begun, some employers will decrease the number of full-time employees on their rosters; some will pass more of their healthcare costs on to their employees; and some will get out of the healthcare business entirely, opting...