Understanding the Affordable Care Act and evaluating
the Advantages and Limitations of the U.S. Health Care Delivery System.
No country in the world has a perfectly balanced
health care delivery system. Certain aspects of a healthcare system may be
advantageous to some stakeholders, while presenting inefficiencies or
challenges to other groups. The United States has a unique system of healthcare
delivery, with loosely coordinated subsystems that encompass public and private
payers and multitudes of providers. Without a central governing body, the U.S.
health care system is shaped by many different stakeholder interests.
For this assignment, identify three advantages of the
U.S. health care delivery system, and three limitations. Next, consider those
who are affected by these advantages and limitations, and analyze the
implications of each with regard to:
1. Healthcare
costs
2. Addressing disparities in access to healthcare
and health outcomes
3. Achieving
reliable quality of healthcare
4. For
each advantage that you identified, who are the individuals or groups that
benefit? Which groups are left out?
5. For
each limitation you described, how does the limitation drive the need for
change or reform to the health care system?
Provide your analysis in 2-3 pages, double spaced (not
including cover sheet, abstract, or references), and provide at least three (3)
scholarly references to support your assessment (including the textbook). Apply
APA format for all your formatting, citations, and references, unless otherwise
indicated. All papers should include:
Title page;
Abstract; Use of Level I and II headings (if applicable); Introduction section;
Conclusion section;
In-text citations; References page
Also, see the attached for Rubric and guidance.
Please use the sample APA paper template (with
instructions) (provided below) for all paper assignments: