Assignment:
Choose from one of the healthcare industries listed below and write a 5 page paper addressing the following economic issues:
a) How has the government intervened in the industry and what was the rationale for the intervention?
b) What is the impact of government intervention on health care markets for their product?
c) If you were asked for your input, how would you change the government's role given what you have learned in this class?
Choose one of the healthcare sectors below to answer the questions above:
1) Physicians treating Medicare patients
2) Non-profit hospitals
3) Pharmaceutical industry
4) Drugstores
5) For-profit hospitals
6) For profit hospitals
7) Private Health Insurance Companies
8) Nursing Home Industry
9) Home Care Industry