Discuss in your opinion whether this is a good trend or a bad one? Have we taken control of our healthcare or lost control of it by “de-personalizing” the trip to the doctor or the stay in the hospital? What, if any, has been your experience with becoming an “encounter” and not a patient, and how do you feel about it? How do you think this trend will change in the future, or will it? Back up your opinions with references and in-text citations to course readings, lectures, or external articles.
Medicaid is State-Based…Should it be?
Medicaid is partially federally funded and partially state-funded. As we all know, not every State is equal in per capita income, and the number of poor and disabled is equally unbalanced. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid funding was expanded, yet some states opted out of accepting the