Comparing Medicaid in Different Countries
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Post1
The student begins with telling the reader what he will be talking about which makes a good introduction. The student then provides appropriate statistics of the number of patients helped by Puerto Rico Medicaid as well as the funds used using the official Medicaid website as an appropriate and credible source. Moreover, the student states the main difference between the operations of Medicaid in both countries. However, the difference, which is the student’s thesis is a bit vague, thus he could have polished it up further.
The student goes on to show how the Medicaid system in Puerto Rico is affected by corruption. Citing appropriate reference of the people charged with fraudulent billings. However, the student fails to show if there is any corruption in the American, system thus does not bring the difference out clearly (Birn, & Hellander, 2016). In addition, he shows how Medicaid faces the problem of marketing itself, which coupled with fraud, undermines the schemes ability to make healthcare affordable to the residents of the country. Again, he fails to show how well the American system fares in terms of marketing. Therefore this essay is does not address the topic at hand but diverges to discuss the problem facing the Puerto Rico Medicaid.
Post 2
The writer
begins with a concise and detailed explanation of the formation of the public
health insurance schemes of America
and Netherlands.
Additionally he states the purpose that each scheme serves, but fails to show
how they differ by providing an appropriate thesis statement (Alber, 2010). The writer
appropriately compares Medicaid in the two countries by providing the similarity
in the objectives of marketing. The writer also uses appropriate sources to
support his claims.
References
Alber, J. (2010). What the European and American welfare states have in common and where they differ: facts and fiction in comparisons of the European Social Model and the United States. Journal of European Social Policy, 20(2), 102-125.
Birn, A. E., & Hellander, I. (2016). Market-driven health care mess: the United States. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 32(3)