SOC 1510 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pro Bono, Social Capital, Living Wage
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Us: relies primarily on a market driven system, 6 ways to pay, direct payment (out of pocket, employer-provided insurance (most common, government-provided insurance (medicaid and medicare, direct government provided health care (health care facility directly. Individually purchased private health insurance operated by the government: pro bono services provided by doctors and hospitals (emergency room, life threatening conditions, costs gets absorbed somewhere else in the system. Canada: universally available, comprehensive, portable, fully accessible, publicly administered. Individual doctors in solo and group practices: community clinics, hospitals, patients choose any they like; government pays the bill. Compared to the us: more uniform services, health insurance is not tied to employment, lower administrative costs, less bureaucracy, less paperwork for patients, slightly longer wait times. Income (and wealth) and stratification: companies get to decide where to distribute their profits, the profit comes from the workers, not the owners, worker exploitation, negative externalities, something that an actor does, and they do not experience it.
