Should the US ultimately implement a National Health Insurance (Canada) or National Health system (Britain) for example? Choose a country with a different health care delivery and financing system as an example and state your opinion. Why or why not?

As part of your analysis, be sure to compare the structure and function of the international public health care systems, with that in the US.

What is the one interest which influences the US healthcare industry the most and which impacts all stakeholders?

-Access

-Money/Cost

-Quality/Safety

-Public Health

  1. Do you think that hospital integration can deliver better care to the patients and community? Why or what are the advantages to integration?
  2. Do you believe that gate keeping by a primary care physician should play a greater role in the provision of health care services to patients? Should more insurance carriers make gate-keeping a requirement so that it is not just solely a part of managed care plans?

Currently, the White House wants to repeal and replace the ACA.

How did the ACA improve access and quality, and contain some costs?

Should the ACA be completely replaced or just improved and modified?