Temple University Healthcare Discussion

First discussion

Analyze key trends in healthcare, and determine two factors that cause these trends to affect human resource managers and employees. Provide specific examples to support your rationale.

Second discussion

• Discuss two key components of a free market health care system, and a government controlled single payer system.
• Compare the current system in the United States to each of the two systems in the first part of the question.

Third discussion

• Discuss the roles of the local, state and federal governments in developing health related laws and policy.
• What impact can these governmental activities have on cost, access, and quality of health care delivered in a community?