HW 3: The insured, the uninsured, and the in-betweenProblem 1Problem 2Problem 3HW 3: The insured, the uninsured, and the in-betweenDue in class Jan 30Problem 1The US has an entrepreneurial health system including three federal/state run programs: Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. a. Describe the population covered by each of these three systems (be specific to Texas when applicable) i. Medicare: ii. Medicaid: iii. CHIP: b. Those not covered by the three programs listed above usually receive insurance through employer sponsored insurance or by buying insurance on their own. However, it is estimated that 24.6% of the Texas population is uninsured, this large population includes 21% of children, many working adults, and a growing population of adults that earn > $50,000-75,000/year. Read the following report and list 4 reasons for this large uninsured population:http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/uninsured05/Problem 2A commonly used anti-depressant, Zoloft (sertraline), recently became available as a generic drug. The most common regimen is 50mg, taken daily. a. Find out how much a year’s supply of Zoloft and the generic costs for:i. A person without insurance using the Walgreen’s online pharmacy: 1. Zoloft:2. sertraline:ii. A Canadian using the online Canadian Prescription Drugstore:1. Zoloft:2. sertraline: b. Based on your calculations and the NPR report below, speculate on the reasons for the price differences you identified. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1540336Problem 3Read the following report :http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/may/uganda/Next, listen to this update on the story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6915566a. How is this system similar to the Oregon Health Plan? b. Evaluate this co-op system as a model for the rest of Africa by answering the following questionsi. Assess this health system in terms of access and likely outcomes for the town in Uganda that was described: ii. Only about 6% of the population of Uganda has AIDS, in Botswana and Zambia the prevalence is >2x greater. How might the growing AIDS epidemic impact participation in a health care co-op? What sort of AIDS-related care do you think community co-ops would decide to
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