Problem
• Review the Learning Resources on the level of health care spending in the United States.
• Consider the ramifications of continuing at this level of spending as well as issues involved with reducing spending.
• Reflect on which stakeholders (payers, providers, and the general population) should be responsible for making decisions on health care spending.
Post an assessment of the consequences (on payers, providers, and the general population) of continuing current levels of health care spending in the United States as well as the potential consequences of reducing the level of spending. Explain which stakeholders should make health care spending decisions and why.