HEALTH CARE FINANCE IN THE UNITED STATES
Assignment
After reading the background materials below and attached as well as additional information you find from the literature and online sources, respond to the following:
1. Identify the distribution of national health spending by type of financing source.
2. Identify the distribution of health insurance coverage among the U.S. population.
3. Discuss the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the difficulties that might be encountered by those mandated to participate.
4. Discuss the origin of employment-based health insurance.
5. Explain the difference between fully insured and self-insured health plans.
