Problem
Rising Costs of Healthcare
Focused on the idea of "Medicare for All." Now that we have studied commercial versus government health insurance plans, have your views on Medicare for all remained the same? Read this article on the average cost of healthcare and ways to save. Do the rising costs of health insurance, and the rising profit shares for commercial health insurance companies, affect your views? How would a single-payer plan affect your job as a medical billing specialist?
Express your views about the rising costs of healthcare and how to control them.
Include the following aspects in the discussion:
a) What are the pros and cons of Medicare for All?
b) Has your view about Medicare for All changed since Week 2?
c) Discuss your opinion about the viability of a single-payer option and how that option would impact the job of a billing specialist.
d) Do the rising costs of health insurance, and the rising profit shares for commercial health insurance companies, affect your views?