Health insurance plans are often complex, and understanding insurance and billing in the health care field involves research skills. Visit the CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) site, go to "Outreach & Education" and choose one topic that is of interest to you. Then, tell us why you chose this topic and how you think it would be useful to you as a medical office manager, or as a professional health insurance specialist. Include a brief overview of your topic and be sure to include a link to the site.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

Right or Privilege:

Table 2-1 on pages 18-25 in your text outlines the timeline of the history of health care reimbursement in America. Presently, millions of Americans do not have health insurance.

Visit the following website

Source: Universal healthcare: HealthPac online. Retrieved from

http://www.healthpaconline.net/universal-health-care.htm

Then answer the following:

• Do you think Universal Health Insurance, with a single payer system, is a good plan for America?

• What state and federal legislation exists to provide American citizens with health care coverage?

• Do you think health care is a privilege or a right?