• Analyze the impact of managed care on cost, quality, and access within managed care organizations and the health insurance market.

Take your own personal health care history into account for this assignment.
Write a 5-7 page paper in which you:
1. Compare and contrast your personal health care choices with other members of your community and determine your relative contribution to the demand for health care. (Please provide specific examples).
2. Discuss the largest degree of information asymmetry you personally experience and how that asymmetry impacts the health care choices you make.
3. Discuss which type of health services plan (HMO, PPO, or MCO) would benefit the most (financially) by having you as a member and indicate why.
4. Cite at least five (5) references, three (3) of which must be from peer-reviewed journals

Your assignment must:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Identify the factors that are influencing the demand and supply of health care services in the U.S.
• Identify current economic trends that influence the cost, quality, and access to care.
• Analyze the impact of managed care on cost, quality, and access within managed care organizations and the health insurance market.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health economics.
• Write clearly and concisely about health economics using proper writing mechanics.