HA 615- Healthcare Economics Assignment 2

HA 615- Healthcare Economics
Assignment 2
Assignment Question
You have recently been hired as a research assistant to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. To keep the administration informed of health care issues, your supervisor has asked you to research options for changing the Medicare system. Current concerns stem from the fear that if Medicare remains an open-ended entitlement program, its share of the federal budget will continue to increase over time.
Prepare an official memo to the secretary examining one or more of the following proposed changes. Use your best economic reasoning.
A freeze in physicians’ fees and a requirement of mandatory assignment.
A plan to enroll everyone eligible for Medicare in managed care networks and pay a fixed, capitated amount per enrollee equal to the current per capita Medicare spending level.
Allowing all Medicare recipients to buy high-deductible insurance policies and use the premium savings to set up medical savings accounts.
Instructions
https://wr1ter.com/what-is-a-memo ( THIS IS THE LINK PROVIDED BY THE PROFESSOR ON MEMO WRITING)
Your memo should be double-spaced, 1 page in length, formatted in Times Roman font, 12 points, with one inch all around, must adhere to the APA reference format. The memo should include citations from at least TWO peer-reviewed journals.