US Healthcare System Data Microeconomics Discussion

The Challenges of Healthcare in the US

How to best tackle healthcare has been a big theme of political debates for many years now. In this exercise you will look at data on how the US health care system compares to other rich countries’ systems and then consider which model could work best for us.

Begin by opening this link: Mirror, Mirror 2021: https://lbcc.instructure.com/courses/81416/files/8498569?wrap=1

Based on the information in the link answer the following questions:

Exhibit 1 and 2. How does US healthcare performance compare to other high-income countries? In which area does it score well?

Exhibit 3. How much did the US spend on health care as a percentage of GDP as of 2019 and how does this compare to other rich countries?

From pages 7-9. summarize how the US does in each of the five categories

Next, read this article: The Best Health Care System in the World: Which One Would You Pick?
https://lbcc.instructure.com/courses/81416/files/8498564?wrap=1

Based on this article, answer the following question:

4. Which country seems to have a health care system that you would like to see in the US? Give reasons why you think it is best. You can also click on “Discuss your ideas in the comments” at the bottom of the article to see ideas posted by NYT readers. Some are very thoughtful.