for this assessment you will research access quality and cost effective care and how they benefit stakeholders you will then write 2 3 pages examining issues of quality and access for stakeholders

Questions to Consider

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Resources

Suggested Resources

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Library Resources

The following e-books or articles from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course:

• Marmor, T. R., & Mashaw, J. L. (2006). Understanding social insurance: Fairness, affordability, and the ‘modernization’ of Social Security and Medicare. Health Affairs, (January-Jun 2006), W114–W134.

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Assessment Instructions

Note: Each assessment in this course is a step in developing Assessment 6, a proposal for a new health policy in the form of a policy manual. You are strongly encouraged to complete assessments in this course in sequence.Research access, quality, and cost-effective care and how they benefit stakeholders.Then, write a 2–3-page paper answering the following questions:

• What role does quality measurement play in assessing the performance of health plans and in assessing the impact of price competition?
• Would you join a health plan without any information on quality, simply because it had the lowest cost? Why or why not?
• Refer to what you learned in your research as you answer the following:
  • Should we, as a society, rely on individual choice of high-quality providers?
  • Should we base our decisions on publicly available report cards to improve health-care quality?
  • Should we rely on institutions (government agencies, for example) to mandate and enforce minimum quality standards? Why or why not?
• How do access, quality, and cost-effective care come together for the benefit of patients? Physicians and providers? Hospitals? Society?

Additional Requirements

• Length: Paper must be 2–3 pages typed and double-spaced, using Times New Roman, 12-point content (length excludes title page, abstract, table of contents, and reference list).
• References: Cite at least three references. Your references may include both scholarly literature and practitioner sources.
• Written communication: Writing must be free of errors, scholarly, and consistent with expectations for business professionals.
• Writing style: APA expectations for scholarly writing include the use of third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so.

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