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HCS 440 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   HCS 440 Week 1
Discussion Question 1  HCS 440 Week 1 Discussion
Question 2  HCS 440 week 1 Individual Assignment
Economic Terms and Health Care History HCS 440
Week 2 Discussion Question 1  HCS 440 Week 2
Discussion Question 2  HCS 440 week 2 Learning
Team Assignment Health Care Reform Project, Part
I HCS 440 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 
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HCS 440 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   In what way(s)
does a recession affect the economics of
healthcare?  How does it affect the providers
versus the consumers of healthcare and what might
be the overall effect in the economy?
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HCS 440 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs440aid.com What are the
advantages and disadvantages of profit versus
nonprofit healthcare (provider) organizations?
 Please think beyond just the financial aspects
of each and discuss the health outcomes and
provider treatment aspects as well.  What are the
motivations and incentives of each and how does
that change their behavior with respect to their
patients?
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HCS 440 Week 1 Individual Assignment Economic
Terms and Health Care History FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hcs440aid.com 1.      Individual
Assignment Economic Terms and Health Care
History          Resource Economic Terms and
Health Care History grading criteria on the
student website.          Complete the Economic
Terms Exercise in Week One of the student
website. o   Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in
which you include the followingDescribe the
history and evolution of health care economics
and the timeline of health care funding, using
the defined terms. o   Include two outside
resources.
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HCS 440 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs440aid.com What should be
the public's responsibility in bearing the cost
of healthcare services for individual lifestyle
choices (e.g., smoking, poor eating, lack of
exercise, etc.)?  Should there be some means for
financially 'penalizing' those whose choices lead
to excessive healthcare costs?
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HCS 440 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   What sorts of
conditions or situations would affect a change
from inpatient to outpatient care?  What has been
the trend in outpatient care over the last 5
years and what do you believe have been the major
reasons for this trend?
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HCS 440 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Health
Care Reform Project, Part I FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   1.      Learning Team
Assignment Health Care Reform Project, Part
I          Resource Health Care Reform Project,
Part 1 grading criteria on the student
website.          Select a current health care
economic issue, such as managed care, health care
spending, prescription drugs, the influence of
current legislation on health care, medical care
for an aging population, or the influence of
illegal immigrants on health care economics in
the United States. 
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HCS 440 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   How does the
governments financing of education affect the
supply of physicians and nurses and what role do
you believe the government should play in trying
to eliminate the shortage of medical
professionals?
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HCS 440 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   Economists
typically suggest that there are 4 major forms of
resources in any market land, labor, capital,
and entrepreneurial ability.  Of these, which do
you think is the most important in the market for
healthcare and why?  How does the industry
currently satisfy its demand for this resource
most effectively?
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HCS 440 Week 3 Individual Assignment Health Care
Spending Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   1.      Individual
Assignment Health Care Spending Paper         
Resource Health Care Spending Paper grading
criteria on the student website.          Write
a 1,250- to 1,750-word paper in which you explain
your position on national health care spending in
the United States. Include information on the
followingThe level of current national health
care expenditures o    Whether the spending is
too much or not enough o    Where the nation
should add or cut, and why o    How the publics
health care needs are paid for, such as being
financed by various payers, while indicating the
percent of total expenditures they represent
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HCS 440 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   What have been
the major trends in health care over the last
decade-in particular in terms of provider and
facility type-and what have been the overall
effects of these trends on the market.  Speak to
changes in healthcare expenditures and service
delivery to patients.
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HCS 440 Week 4 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs440aid.com What role does
the government currently play in supporting
health insurance coverage and healthcare payments
in the US and what role should they play in
financing or legislating healthcare in the future?
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HCS 440 Week 4 Individual Assignment Economic
Issues Simulation Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   Individual Assignment 
Economic Issues Simulation Paper          Review
the Health Care Economics Issues HMO
Simulation.          Resource Economic Issues
Simulation Paper grading criteria on the student
website.          Select either Constructit or
E-editor to analyze for your paper.         
Prepare a 1050- to 1400 paper in which you
present a profile of the chosen company including
the demographics of the employees, the health
care risk factors (potential areas of high
utilization), and the premiums the company is
willing to pay.
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HCS 440 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs440aid.com Should every
employer in the US be required to provide health
insurance coverage to its employees?  If so, to
what degree?  If not, do you think there should
be an individual mandate requiring all
individuals to purchase coverage for themselves
and their family members?
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HCS 440 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   Should every
employer in the US be required to provide health
insurance coverage to its employees?  If so, to
what degree?  If not, do you think there should
be an individual mandate requiring all
individuals to purchase coverage for themselves
and their family members?
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HCS 440 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Health
Care Reform Project, Part II FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hcs440aid.com   1.      Learning Team
Assignment Health Care Reform Project, Part
II          Resource Health Care Reform
Project, Part II grading criteria on the student
website.          Prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint
 presentation in which you summarize health care
reform material.          Assume you are making
a presentation to the board of directors
concerning your investigation into the selected
economic issue.          Have a minimum of 10 to
15 slides with extensive speakers notes,
augmenting and expanding on the information
presented in each slide.          Include the
following in your presentation
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