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Assignment - Before starting the assignment, watch the PBS special Sick Around the World. There is a link to the video in this week's Canvas module. Our class on 9/17 will also give more background on healthcare financing in the USA and help give context for the video and these questions.
The United States' healthcare system faces a crisis of quality, cost and access to care. In Sick Around the World, we see how other wealthy democratic countries provide universal healthcare to their citizens. Please write paragraphs of about 150-200 words in response to each of the three questions and cite any references you use.
1. What are some of the different ways that the countries in the video have expanded access to health care? For example, did they change the way private insurance functions, create a single-payer or a publicly run system paid for by taxes? Give specific examples.
2. How do different countries keep their costs of care lower than the United States? What are problems that these countries face as they try to reduce costs? Give specific examples.
3. You have just been appointed to a committee to change the United States' healthcare system. What lessons would you take from these five countries to increase access to care, improve quality of care, and decrease costs? Explain why you chose these solutions for our system.
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