Healthcare in the US Reflection questions/prompts: You do not have to write on each question or prompt. Choose the ones that relate to you, your journey, and your project. • How much did you know abou

How come it’s difficult for people with Medicare/Medical Assistance to get into a doctors or dentist office if they have insurance?

• • Most places don’t take insurance

  • How easy or hard is it for people with insurance to get assistance

How people with lower income struggle to get a doctor/dentist

• Do they take insurance

• The kind of care they get

Create a case study on two people (going undercover)

Or create a story on

• Language barriers

• Not trusting doctors or government

USE THIS!

I would start to research the history of Medicare and Medicaid. Then research why medical care takes public insurance, but dentists do not have to. There has to be a reason why Dentists don't have to take Medicare or Medicaid.

Then I would start to think of myths people say when we talk about individuals who have Medicare/Medicaid.

Myth-they don't care about their health

Fact-

Myth-They ...

Fact.

You could do your presentation this way versus the scenarios/case study.