Learning Objectives
Review the history of the government’s funding of health service
delivery
Assess the various government programs designed to cover health
care costs
Evaluate the idea that a demand for an increase in quality will create a
reciprocal increase in cost
Reading and Resources
Website: KaiserEDU Issue Modules
On this website, several policy issues are explained, including costs and
spending, health and government, global health, and delivery systems.
Article: National Health Expenditure Data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ information on National
Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) explain the official estimates of total
health care spending in the United States.
PDF: National Health Expenditures Aggregate
These are Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ national health
expenditures data tables.
PDF: The Nation’s Health Dollar, Calendar Year 2010: Where It Came From
These Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ charts outline where
health dollars came from and where they went.
