USING SYSTEMS THINKING TO ANALYZE HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES: SHOULD WE MOVE TO A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?

This paper will focus on how applying Systems Thinking to the problems of implementing a Government Managed Health Care System in the United States. We will apply systemically thinking to the main entities affected and the trickle-down effect such an implementation will have on the various variable entities affected. When applying system thinking to the problem, many subsets of systems are affected. Although we could never identify all effects the implementation of a Managed Health Care System would have, we have focused on the areas that will incur the greatest impact. We will focus on the effects that a free National Health Care plan would have on the population, the government's involvement, advancement of research and the economic factor within the United States. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]