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2. HCS 440 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCS 440 Entire Course HCS 440 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 In what way(s) does a recession affect the economics of healthcare? How does it affect the providers versus the consumers of healthcare and what might be the overall effect in the economy? • HCS 440 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 • HCS 440 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 • HCS 440 Week 1 Individual Assignment Economic Terms and Health Care History • HCS 440 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 • HCS 440 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 • HCS 440 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Health Care Reform Project, Part I

3. HCS 440 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCS 440 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 HCS 440 Week 1 Individual Assignment Economic Terms and Health Care History Individual Assignment: Economic Terms and Health Care History Resource: Economic Terms and Health Care History grading criteria on the student website. Complete the Economic Terms Exercise in Week One of the student website. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you include the following: Describe the history and evolution of health care economics and the timeline of health care funding, usingthe defined terms. Includetwo outside resources. • What are the advantages and disadvantages of profit versus nonprofit healthcare (provider) organizations? Please think beyond just the financial aspects of each and discuss the health outcomes and provider treatment aspects as well. What are the motivations and incentives of each and how does that change their behavior with respect to their patients?

4. HCS 440 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCS 440 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 HCS 440 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 What sorts of conditions or situations would affect a change from inpatient to outpatient care? What has been the trend in outpatient care over the last 5 years and what do you believe have been the major reasons for this trend? • What should be the public's responsibility in bearing the cost of healthcare services for individual lifestyle choices (e.g., smoking, poor eating, lack of exercise, etc.)? Should there be some means for financially 'penalizing' those whose choices lead to excessive healthcare costs?

5. HCS 440 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCS 440 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Health Care Reform Project, Part I HCS 440 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 How does the governments’ financing of education affect the supply of physicians and nurses and what role do you believe the government should play in trying to eliminate the shortage of medical professionals? • Learning Team Assignment: Health Care Reform Project, Part I • Resource: Health Care Reform Project, Part 1 grading criteria on the student website. • Select a current health care economic issue, such as managed care, health care spending, prescription drugs, the influence of current legislation on health care, medical care for an aging population, or the influence of illegal immigrants on health care economics in the United States.

6. HCS 440 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCS 440 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 HCS 440 Week 3 Individual Assignment Health Care Spending Paper Individual Assignment: 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. • Economists typically suggest that there are 4 major forms of resources in any market: land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial ability. Of these, which do you think is the most important in the market for healthcare and why? How does the industry currently satisfy its demand for this resource most effectively?

7. HCS 440 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCS 440 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 HCS 440 Week 4 Discussion Question 2 What role does the government currently play in supporting health insurance coverage and healthcare payments in the US and what role shouldthey play in financing or legislating healthcare in the future? • What have been the major trends in health care over the last decade-in particular in terms of provider and facility type-and what have been the overall effects of these trends on the market. Speak to changes in healthcare expenditures and service delivery to patients.

8. HCS 440 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCS 440 Week 4 Individual Assignment Economic Issues Simulation Paper HCS 440 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 Should every employer in the US be required to provide health insurance coverage to its employees? If so, to what degree? If not, do you think there should be an individual mandate requiring all individuals to purchase coverage for themselves and their family members? • Individual Assignment: Economic Issues Simulation Paper • Review the Health Care Economics Issues HMO Simulation. • Resource: Economic Issues Simulation Paper grading criteria on the student website. • Select either Constructit or E-editor to analyze for your paper. • Prepare a 1050- to 1400 paper in which you present a profile of the chosen company including the demographics of the employees, the health care risk factors (potential areas of high utilization), and the premiums the company is willing to pay.

9. HCS 440 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCS 440 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 HCS 440 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Health Care Reform Project, Part II Learning Team Assignment:Health Care Reform Project, Part II Resource: Health Care Reform Project, Part II grading criteria on the student website. Prepare a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you summarize health care reform material. Assume you are making a presentation to the board of directors concerning your investigation into the selected economic issue. Have a minimum of 10 to 15 slides with extensive speaker’s notes, augmenting and expanding on the information presented in each slide. • Several other countries (Canada, France) have instituted some level of ‘socialized medicine.’ Briefly describe how this model is different from that in the US and explain whether and why/why not you think it would be successful in this country. Do you think the US already has some aspects of a socialized system in health care?

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