Case Study: The Gourmand And Food-A Fable

The Gourmand and Food-A Fable case study serves as an analogy for health care delivery. The case study can be compared to a couple different health care systems throughout developed countries. Each developed country runs their healthcare system differently, but the allegory can be compared to the healthcare system in the United States. One of the end decisions that led to Gourmands demise, replicates the Canadian healthcare system. Along with the government and healthcare providers, consumers must play a role in healthcare as well. The chefs of Gourmand serve as an analogy for physicians and healthcare providers. The chefs in Gourmand needed 21 years of education and licensing, as the need for quality food arose. As countries have developed
Our government decided that no one should be denied health care due to their income. In 1965, the Medicaid program was introduced. It is a government funded program that provides low-income families with health-coverage (Policy basics: Introduction to Medicaid, 2016). Although not all physicians have to except Medicaid, recipients are allowed to receive medical care as needed. For the residents in Gourmand, who could not afford food and were allowed to eat out as often as they wanted, while the government paid the bill, is similar to the Medicaid
This is like the prepayment group established at the end of the case study. Under the ACA physicians are getting paid per patient that is seen (The Affordable Care Act's Payment and Delivery System Reforms: A Progress Report at Five Years, 2015). This means physician are more concerned with the number of people they see vs the quality of care. Ultimately, some people are paying high amounts in insurance while others are not paying anything, just to ensure that everyone is