Medical costs are once again rising rapidly forcing health care back into political prominence. Th Show more Medical costs are once again rising rapidly forcing health care back into political prominence. This issue direct affects you as a student family member employer and/or employee. The problem of medical costs is so pervasive that it underlies three quite different policy crises. First is the increasingly rapid unraveling of employer-based health insurance. Second is the plight of Medicaid. Third is the long-term problem of the federal governments solvency which is largely a problem of health care costs. Write an eight page paper addressing each of these issues. Be sure to choose a position (of which there are many) and substantiate that position with facts and economic data. Some of the issues which need to be answered are: Is health care spending a problem? Is employer-based insurance unraveling? Medicare and Medicaid The inefficiencies of the health care. Single-payer and beyond. How much health care should we have? Can we fix health care? Show less
