HCA 205 Discussion 2 Healthcare Systems Around the World

Healthcare systems around the world provide different levels and types of care; funding foreign systems is dramatically different from the United States. Choose a country other than the United States, and research its health care system.

For this discussion, you will provide an overview on your selected country’s health care system. In your main response, address the following elements including consideration of your answers to the questions below:

Describe any foreign healthcare system by answering the following questions:

o Howdothepeopleinthecountryaccesshealthcare?

o Howdothecitizensofthecountrypayforthehealthcare?

o Whatisthequalityofthehealthcaretheyreceive?Arethereuniqueservicesprovided? o Describesomeoftheprosandconsofthesystem.

Identify at least two examples of similarities between your selected country and the U.S. healthcare system.

Differentiate between U.S. health care and the health care system of the country you chose by sharing at least two examples of how they are different.

You must use at least two scholarly or government resources besides your textbook in your research and response.

Guided Response: Review your classmate’s posts. Choose two classmates who selected two different countries than you did and respond as follows:

Identify one element that you would recommend to include in the U.S. healthcare system.

Discuss your reasons why this would be beneficial for the U.S. healthcare system.

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Now that you have gone through this introductory class of the U.S. healthcare system, post a substantial response to the following:

Part I:

• The PPACA is considered the most comprehensive federal law on health care since the inception of Medicare and Medicaid.

o Examine three key elements of the act that you believe will be the most positive for the country (in your examination, you must include reasons behind your selection of these three elements).

o Examine three key elements of the act that you believe will be the most negative for the country (in your examination, you must include reasons behind your selection of these three elements).

Part II:

• Examine the future of health care in the United States.

o Look back to your own definition of the healthcare system posted in Week One. How would you define it now after studying health care throughout this course? Post both definitions and examine the differences.

o Examine where you see the U.S. healthcare system in the next 5 or 10 years. o Describe any potential reforms, research, suggestions for improvements, etc.

Note: The ACA is not considered a potential reform. It is already law. The reforms to be described in Part II should be those that have not yet occurred.

Guided Response: Review your classmates’ responses. Respond to at least two classmates by examining their response to Part II. Do you agree with their assessment? Why or why not? Explain your answer.