Discussion Topic: Third-party Payment
How does third-party payment distort the market for health care? If it is so distorted why does every wealthy country insist on using third-party intermediaries to purchase health care? Why do we carve out a separate payment program for our elder citizens?
Textbook Readings
Read the following topics in Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse’s Guide:
6th (2017)
Milstead
Jones & Bartlett 9781284126372

“Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research”
“The Economic and Finance of Healthcare”

Read the following topics in Policy and Politics: For Nurses and Other Health Professionals:
Feeg, Veronica, Nickitas, Donna and Middaugh, Donna Jones & Bartlett
978-1-284-14039-2

“Healthcare Costs”
“Private Health Insurance Market”

APA, one page length