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he overall goal of the Session Long Project is to examine health care delivery in the United States from a strategic perspective. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or in short Affordable Care Act, changed the landscape of the health care industry. For this assignment, read the article “Information asymmetries and risk management in healthcare markets: The U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) in retrospect” by Mendoza, (SEE attached) and write a paper to respond to the following questions: 1.Discuss the “moral theory” contained in this article. 2.Explain whether you agree or disagree with the author that the ACA was an answer to health care accessibility. 3.Explain whether you believe or do not believe that ACA will improve patient care. 4.Discuss what you think President Trump should do with the ACA. 5.Discuss what strategies you would recommend to deal with economic realities of health care based on your own research.

Health care delivery is no longer confined to the hospital setting. Over the past few years we have witnessed the emergence of outpatient surgery centers, home health, hospice, etc. For this assignment, conduct additional research as needed to address the following questions: 1.What factors have led to care being offered outside of the hospital setting? 2.What are the advantages and disadvantages of these settings? Who benefits the most: consumers or organizations? 3.How has the Affordable Care Act (ACA) impacted this trend? Has it encouraged more alternative settings or put care back into the hospital setting? Explain.

George Ritzer explains that fast-food chains have become so popular because they fit with our contemporary lifestyle. In this journal entry, you are going to examine whether this statement fits your own life. You should answer the questions below to structure your essay. First, think about your own use of fast-food chains (such as McDonald’s, Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, etc.). How often do you use them, and how (dinein, carry out, drive through, etc.)? Then, look at the elements of the changing society that Ritzer describes in Chapter 2 when he examines the relationship between McDonaldization and social change in American society (there is a section in the chapter that covers this topic. We are NOT referring to the dimensions of McDonaldization). Which ones of those can you apply to your situation? In other words, in what ways do you see your own life reflecting the changes Ritzer describes? Which ones do not fit? Give specific examples from your life to answer these questions. At the end, based on your description of how you use fast-food restaurants and how your life has been affected by social changes in American society, decide the following: Does Ritzer’s statement, overall, apply to you, or not . Are the reasons he gives for people using fastfood chains the same as your reasons?

How does continuous quality improvement (CQI) play a role in patient safety and patient outcomes?

discuss the following: the two principles of justice; gender bias; what does Calhoun mean by “the social location of the philosophic reasoner; and what other sources of bias in addition to gender bias, are possible in society?