HEALTH CARE COST

Learning Team
Health Care Costs Presentation
Health care costs continue to rise for the United States Health Care Delivery System and are projected to consume an ever increasing portion of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Currently, the United States spends more money on health care than any other country and those costs are only expected to continue to rise significantly in the future. It is important to understand the history of health care costs, attempts to slow or control costs and the end result of high health care costs on all stakeholders.

Think of this as a presentation you could give to a policy-making body at the county, state or federal level to demonstrate how the rising costs of health care affect consumers, businesses, health care facilities, health care workers, and the government. 

Resources: Health Care Costs Presentation facilitator- examples of layout, text citations, references in the Course Materials forum, help with PowerPoint®  presentations through resources such as Microsoft®  Corporation http:www.microsoft.com. 

Prepare a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint presentation in v. 2003 with detailed speaker- notes about how health care costs nationally impacts health care facilities, health care workers, businesses, consumers, and the government. Include the following:
•	Title slide 
•	Introduction (see instructor- example)
•	Financing Trends: Historical trends in financing health care
•	Access to Care: Impact of health care costs on access to care
•	Delivery of Services: Impact of health care costs on service delivery
•	Cost Control: How the government has attempted to control these costs
•	Improving the Health Care System: Recommendations for improvement
•	Conclusion
•	References

Requirements:
•	Use bullet points of five words or less on the slides;
•	Graphics such as charts and graphs are appropriate and must be cited following APA 6th edition guidelines;
•	Content details should be in the speaker notes;
•	Each slide should contain just one key concept; 
•	Include introductory, concluding, and reference slides; 
•	At least three references are required; 
•	Speaker- notes are expected to be comprehensive, using complete sentences, correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling;
•	All direct quotes must include full APA 6th edition formatted citations and end references. 
Note: the presentation is converted to a Microsoft Word document and submitted to the Center for Writing Excellence (CWE) for originality checking (plagiarism, Turnitin©) and grammar (WritePoint™).

Complete a Certificate of Originality. Submit assignment and Certificate to ‘Assignments.’ No duplicate submissions accepted and final must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Arizona time on the last day of class. 
* Teams may complete one certificate with all team members’ signatures.