How does third-party payment distort the market for health care? If it is so distorted why does every wealthy country insist on using third-party intermediaries to purchase health care? Why do we carve out a separate payment program for our elder citizens

Discussion Topic: Third-party Payment

How does third-party payment distort the market for health care? If it is so distorted why does every wealthy country insist on using third-party intermediaries to purchase health care? Why do we carve out a separate payment program for our elder citizens?

Textbook Readings

Read the following topics in Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse's Guide:

6th (2017)
Milstead
Jones & Bartlett 9781284126372

• "Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research"
• "The Economic and Finance of Healthcare"

Read the following topics in Policy and Politics: For Nurses and Other Health Professionals:

Feeg, Veronica, Nickitas, Donna and Middaugh, Donna Jones & Bartlett

978-1-284-14039-2

• "Healthcare Costs"
• "Private Health Insurance Market"

APA, one page length