1. Compared to fee-for-service payment, what are the advantages and disadvantages of payment based on diagnosis-related groups?
2. Comment on the following statement: "The proposal to increase Medicare cost sharing (increasing premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance)) will deprive the elderly poor of needed medical services."
3. "Universal access to high-quality medical care is possible without strict reliance on a single-payer system or pure public sector approach." Provide the arguments for and against his statement