Question

Most countries worldwide face the daunting challenge of providing healthcare to a large, diverse population in a cost-effective manner. Widespread population aging has further complicated this challenge. Please watch the Frontline episode entitled Sick Around the World (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. then discuss the following questions:

Which country featured in the documentary had the most effective strategy for controlling healthcare costs?

Do you believe the U.S. should adopt healthcare cost control measures similar to any of the countries discussed in the documentary?

If so, which one(s) and why?

If not, what strategies should the U.S. employ to control health care costs?

Your original post should have the following:

A clearly stated position or opinion based on the prompt

Three or more supporting points (evidence or reasons for an opinion)

May use evidence or material from external sources as long they are cited appropriately

Is approximately a paragraph in length (at least 200 words).

Respond to at least one other student’s discussion post. Response posts can:

Identify strengths or flaws in reasoning

Explain why the poster agrees or (respectfully) disagrees with the original post

Provide additional evidence, points, or arguments that should be considered

You may use evidence or material from external sources as long as you cite them appropriately

Response posts should be approximately a paragraph in length (at least 200 words)

Answer 1

1. Switzerland has the most effective strategy for controlling healthcare costs because they act as or use the universal health care system. Everyone there has to pays the insurance and the government pays for the poor ones . Everybody is entitled under insurance coverage and no one goes bankrupt by paying the bills. Even though they have GDP less than U.S but the other criterias are efficient and fulfilled by the government for their citizens.

2. No, U.S should not adopt the healthcare cost control measures similar to any of the countries mentioned in the documentary.

Like every individual has their own way of doing the task ,in the same way every country has its own way to deal with or work. U.S must develop it's own strategies to deal with the healthcare cost because every country has its own needs , diversity , rules and regulations , culture , practice, public , perspective which is different from other countries and they need different approach and tactics to deal with their issues as compared to other countries .

The strategies must include :-

- providing healthcare services at a minimum feasible cost

- every individual must be included in the or have a insurance coverage irrespective of the disease , occupation , class in the society

- government should take the charges of people who can't pay or exempt them