The leading health care organization in your community (HealthCo Inc.) hired you as the Head of the Strategy Division. That Division has the responsibility to oversee the accounting and financial statements of the Organization. Although you are not an accountant, you are still responsible for the entire Division. You report to the company's CFO. The CFO will be introducing you and your team to the CEO sometimes during the week. The CFO hopes you will make a good first impression on the CEO as she would want to hear from you and your team about the overview of the U.S. health care system. To guide you, the uploaded reading materials for this Module contain very interesting pieces about the health care environment of the U.S and how it compares with selected countries of the world. You are required to appraise and discuss the relationship between health care costs and health care outcomes, placing those within the context of the political environment in the U.S.

The CFO will reward you graciously with 100 points towards your promotion,

To appropriately guide you so that you can take full advantage of the point incentives/reward system, the CFO advised you to follow the company's document titled "Discussion Board Postings Rubric," as the HR Director would use that document to score your responses to the above questions. In addition to that Rubric, you are aware that the Organization always encourages you to feel free to contact other relevant materials that you may deem fit.You must cite and provide references for all materials used as appropriate.