Spring 2018

Critical Thinking in Health Care

Visit http://kff.org/medicare/video/medicare-and-medicaid-at-50/ and watch the video: Medicare & Medicaid at 50. The correct video is 16 minutes and 46 seconds in length.

1) Describe the impact of the Medicare and Medicaid programs using details presented in this video.

Next, watch the documentary, Sick Around the World, available for free at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/view/main.html. Click to play and watch all five segments of the 56 minute documentary.

2) If you were asked to sit on a committee which would design a new health care system for this country, which country would you use as a model for the United States new health care system? Clearly support your answer below, using specific information from the documentary and other more current, reliable sources. Use in-text citation and a reference page in APA format to reference those sources.