HP609 2020 February Week 1 Discussion Latest

HP609 Health Policy, Politics, and Perspectives

Week 1 Discussion

Key Characteristics of the U.S. Healthcare System

Initial Post

Quality, cost, and access are three pillars of the U.S. health system. Select three other attributes of our system and relate them to these three pillars. You may use the attributes provided by Shi and Singh for your selection options.

For this discussion, you must refer to at least one article from a reputable newspaper (can be online) or other media source that is current (from the last month) and post the resource in APA format.

You must have at least two references in your initial post and the media source can be one of the two.

Summarize your post in 500 to 750 words.

Note: In this forum, you will not be able to see other student posts until 30 minutes after you create your own initial post.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

Reply Posts

Reply to at least two of your classmates. In your reply, include new information about the attributes in the initial post. Each reply should be 200 to 400 words.