No country in the world has a perfectly balanced health care delivery system. Certain aspects of a healthcare system may be advantageous to some stakeholders, while presenting inefficiencies or challenges to other groups. The United States has a unique system of healthcare delivery, with loosely coordinated subsystems that encompass public and private payers and multitudes of providers. Without a central governing body, the U.S. health care system is shaped by many different stakeholder interests.
For this assignment, please identify three advantages of the U.S. health care delivery system, and three limitations. Next, consider those who are affected by these advantages and limitations, and analyze the implications of each with regard to:
- Healthcare costs
- Addressing disparities in access to healthcare
- Achieving reliable quality of healthcare
- For each advantage that you identified, who are the individuals or groups that benefit?
- For each limitation you described, how does the limitation drive the need for change or reform to the health care system
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