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Health Care Issues
Part 3: Factors Affecting Access, Costs, and Quality

Watch video: Video (42 minutes)
Presenter: Roberta Riportella-Muller

Activity: Browse the following websites

Frey, C. Who are the uninsured in Wisconsin? Wisconsin Network for Health Policy Research Issue Brief, Jan. 2001, vol 1, No. 6

Kaiser Family Foundation. Medicare at a glance. Fact Sheet. April 2003

Kaiser Family Foundation. Medicaid at a glance. Fact Sheet. January 2001

Kaiser Family Foundation. The uninsured and their access to health care. Fact Sheet. January 2001

The Insured and Uninsured in Wisconsin

Covering Kids and Families Public policy primer series

Designing a better system
State and describe what you consider to be the major problems with the current health care system. (e.g. costs, demands, technology, providers, insurance companies, etc.) Make sure you at least touch on at least one of each aspect of problem: costs, quality, and access.

Present/make your case for what you think a reasonable solution is.

  • Who would get covered? Who would be left out?
  • What types of benefits would be included? What happens if people need more than is covered in your benefit package?
  • How would it be financed?
  • Explain why you think this is the best solution.

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