Is Healthcare a human right? Why or why not? What is the purpose of healthcare? How do we ensure we are accomplishing the purposes of healthcare? What are two reasons for increased demand for medical services since 1965? Why has employer-paid health insurance been an important stimulant of demand for health insurance? What choices does the federal government have to reduce greater-than-projected Medicare expenditures? What three criteria have been proposed to evaluate the success of the ACA? From Chapter 2: How does a competitive market determine the types of goods and services to produce, the costs to produce those goods and services, and who receives them? Why do rising medical expenditures cause concern? Why are unions and the government concerned about rising medical expenditures