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, use any article 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.