Response
Describe how each of the following areas of the U.S. healthcare system explains how the U.S. responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in a 2-3 page double-spaced Word document. Please use each bullet point below as a header and provide your response below the header.
- Approach/perspective to healthcare – how did the way we, as Americans, view healthcare impact our response to the pandemic?
- Provision of health services – how has the role of the government in the U.S. healthcare system impacted our pandemic response, use of resources, and distributions of testing/vaccines? What parts of the government were responsible for each part of the pandemic response?
- Finance – how has our health insurance system impacted how services/testing/vaccines/treatment were offered in the U.S. during the pandemic?
- Access/Coverage of testing, vaccines, and treatment – how have access and/or insurance coverage issues in the U.S. healthcare system been exacerbated due to the pandemic, specifically around disparities and vulnerable populations? what specific measures, if any, were taken to address these?
- Technology – how was health information technology leveraged to monitor, track, and understand the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.?
- Future – what lesson(s) can be taken away from this experience to help the U.S. respond to a future pandemic?
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