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Purdue University Global Unit 3 Third Party Payment in Healthcare Discussion

 

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Discussion Topic: Third-party Payment

How does third-party payment distort the market for health care? If it is so distorted why does every wealthy country insist on using third-party intermediaries to purchase health care? Why do we carve out a separate payment program for our elder citizens?