1. What is managed care? What effect has it had on healthcare costs?
2. A significant amount of the elderly die of chronic disease and these patients with chronic disease accounts for about 1/3 of total Medicare spending, during these individuals final 24 months of life.
a) How far should one go to sustain life?
b) Is there a way to control end of life costs? How?
c) How far would you go to sustain the life of someone you love or your own life?
3. What are the main objectives of public health?
4. Do the main cultural beliefs and values in the US society have an influence on our health care system? If so, in what way?