1. State your position about who should receive the kind of high-cost cancer drugs described in the article, and how those drugs should be paid for. Make sure to justify your position.
2. Based on your readings this week, are there current U.S. healthcare policies that address this issue? Explain where they stand on this issue.
3. Compare and contrast the Cuban healthcare system, as seen in the course media Salud, with the U.S. system, particularly in terms of quality and access.
4. In light of this course media and your other Learning Resources this week, state your own views on the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. policies on healthcare. What would you change in the U.S. system? Are there pieces in the Cuban healthcare system that you think the U.S. should adapt?
5. Begin by going to the CDC Web site for the Public Health Practice Office at http://www.cdc.gov/nphpsp/index.html. From this home page, read the "Overview."
7. Then click on "The Instruments" (under "Performance Instruments" in the left menu). You may wish to download the National Public Health Performance Standards instrument for local health departments. Make sure, however, to look through at the "Local Public Health System Performance Assessment" section (http://www.cdc.gov/od/ocphp/nphpsp/documents/local/Local.BookletA.pdf for one of the essential services and read through those standards.