#21---Maldistribution of Health Care

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Respond to one of the following questions by writing a response on the class Discussion Board on Blackboard at least one hour before class on the date the question is listed. Put your name in the text of the question and give the question number as listed below. Without these I can't tell who wrote the question or what you are responding to. You then have until Midnight on the following Sunday of that week to revise your response if you wish to do so and to submit it for grading. To submit your responses, send them via email to milofsky@bucknell.edu.

Your final version of this question is due by midnight, Sunday, November 8.

21-1    Why is more medical care not necessarily better medical care?

21-2    Why are medical procedures done with different frequencies in different parts of the country?

21-3    What is moral hazard and why might it raise the expense of providing health care? According to Mahar, does exploitation of moral hazard among senior citizens actually increase health care costs?

21-4    What does it mean to say that rising health care costs are a supply side problem rather than a demand side problem?