Tuesday, August 25, 2009

American Government 8/25/09

In Class - Library Research. Take a look at models of health care from different countries around the world. Use these resources for our discussion on Friday. We will talk about these in class on Wednesday and Thursday.

Homework - Current event notebook check on Friday. Survey questions and written synopsis of your results due Friday. Class discussion over health care on Friday. Don't fall behind!

Web Sites to check out on other country's health care models:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8201711.stm - BBC Comparison
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Resources/2008/Mar/Health-Care-System-Profiles.aspx - The Commonwealth Fund
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=110997469 - NPR
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php - Nationmaster

1 comment:

Laurenkatehis said...

I believe obama is being ambitous with health care.He is taking too big of a risk and is spending too much money.It is not a necessity but something obama wants to "better the country". A lot of people are worried that they are not oing to get the help they need but instead have to pay for large sums of bills and may not get help at all.The issue of healthcare is dividing our country because the us is known for having one of the worst healthcare systems in the world.Having healthcare problems just worsens our economy.