Reflection – Review of Healthcare Spending
Using the source articles attached, Discuss the following prompts:
1. What are some major challenges in financing U.S. healthcare delivery?
2. How has our nation’s government spending on health care changed since 1960, and what are the reasons for this change?
3. What are the key government programs that finance health care in the U.S., and what persons do they cover?
4a. Find and give an example of a country that spends less than the United States in health care per capita yet measures higher in quality and access to care. 4b. Give a brief description of that county’s healthcare system. 4c. What (if any) lessons can we learn from the health care system of this country?