Discussion: The Role of Government in the Health Market

In this Discussion, you compare the role of the U.S. government in the U.S. health market to the roles of other governments in their respective national health markets. You then identify at least one reason you believe the U.S. government succeeds and one reason you believe it fails in its role as a member of the U.S. health marketplace. Keep in mind that any economic discussion of public health will contain positive and normative statements. Both are important to this Discussion, but they serve different purposes. Because positive economic statements can be verified objectively with data, they must be included in your evaluation.