1.Managed care organizations emphasize physicians’responsibi

1.Managed care organizations emphasize physicians responsibi.
1.Managed care organizations emphasize physicians responsibilities to control patient access to expensive hospitalization andspecialty care, a principle dubbed gatekeeping. Some argue that gatekeeping is unethical because it introduces financial factorsinto treatment decisions. Others say it improves quality by promoting the useof the most appropriate levels of care. Take a position on this issue andexplain your view.2.If we accept the premises that resources available to meetthe costs of health care are finite, and that continuing to increase dollarsallocated for health care expenses carries opportunity costs forthe nation and society, discuss your position on the following: As a nationalpolicy should we allocate a set level of resources and apply them to achieving the greatest good for the greatest number (necessarily leaving someout) OR should we adopt the individualist approach of those who can payget, those who can t, don t ?3.Medicaid is shouldering an ever-increasing burden of cost forlong-term care for the elderly, with enormous impacts on state budgetsthroughout the nation. Discuss alternatives to ease this drain on Medicaidresources
1.Managed care organizations emphasize physicians responsibi