Health Care and Population Chapter 14 Health Care and Population
Health Care in the USA and MDCs Sweden, G.B., Canada, Japan Why no national HC? No comprehensive HC US gov’t 40% of HC European Countries 80%
Direct Fee System – fee for service Private Insurance program Public Insurance program – Medicare, Medicaid Free HC for veterans Health Maintenance Organizations The Hawaii Plan
Weaknesses of HC High cost – Corporatization, Medical Industrial Complex Defensive Medicine Medicalization of Deviance Unequal access Medical Apartheid Institute of Medicine study