Discussion

In this week’s lecture, we discussed how health care is priced in the United States. Watch the video below and answer the following questions.

Q1: Why are physicians less likely to accept new Medicaid patients than those with private insurance coverage?

Q2: What could be the potential solution to this access issue? (Hint: here is a good article on this topic: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190401.678690/full/ )

Link to video: More MDs turning down Medicare, Medicaid patients