W2 Discussion
Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.
Medicare and Medicaid
U.S. health care infrastructure is complicated. The main reason for its complexity is that the U.S. system is fragmented. Some nations manage health care through their governments, some rely on the private market with government subsidies, and some mix government-run care for low-income residents with a private system. The United States utilizes all three of these. A further complication is that treatment of patients and payment for treatment are managed by different groups of institutions. Despite high costs, the American health system’s performance is poor, a great source of concern. Arguably, it might be acceptable to have the highest health care costs in the world if they provided the best outcomes in the world, but they do not, although in many areas we do pretty well
