Overview of U.S. Health Care and Benchmark Developments

Assignment:

• Health
  care planners could be more effective and efficient if they used the
  concept of the natural history of disease and the levels of prevention
  to design services that intervene at the weakest link in the chain of
  progression of specific diseases. Instead, most focus on high-technology
  solutions to preventable problems. Assess the characteristics of the
  medical care culture that encourage the latter approach.
• Hospitals
  and other health care institutions, whether voluntary or for-profit,
  need to be financially solvent to survive growing market pressures.
  Describe how this “bottom line” focus has changed the nature of the US
  health care system.
• The
  insurance industry plays a huge role in the American health care system
  and absorbs a significant portion of the health care dollar. A single
  payer system, whether it is a private company or the US government,
  would eliminate the complex insurance paperwork burden and free
  substantial funds that could be diverted to support care for the
  under-served. Why do you believe that so much resistance to a concept
  used in every other developed country has continued in the U.S.? Assignment: should have a minimum of four scholarly sources, one APA formatted paper between 1200 – 1500 words,