Read the case on page 229: Health Care in the United States - for Better or Worse? Answer all five discussion questions listed below. Also address the specific additional questions posed in relation to each of these: those in RED

1. What strengths of the U.S. health care system are illustrated in this case?

2. What limitations of the U.S. health care system are illustrated in this case?

How do both your identified strengths and limitations affect you or someone you know?

3. How would the Affordable Care Act have affected the services provided in this case?

4. What steps would you recommend to improve the delivery of preventive and curative services to better serve patients?

What could you do personally and/or professionally to advocate for your recommendations?

What are some barriers you may face from those with different perspectives? From established policy structures?

5. How might Sam's health care have been different in other developed countries, such as Canada and the United Kingdom? In what ways might it have been better and in what ways might it have been worse?

6. What would be a workable solution for Sam's situation? What changes would need to occur? On what levels (social, cultural, political, economic etc)? How?