WEEK 9 DISCUSSION QUESTION #1
This week’s assigned reading, “Working Sick: Lessons of Chronic Illness for Health Care Reform, focuses on how working and insured Americans still suffer high insurance and health related costs and potential job loss for those with chronic illnesses.  In the spirit of Health Care Reform, which is a topic on the news on a daily basis now, I would like for you all to select a chronic illness and discuss how it impacts the working/insured American.  As with the Baucus Plan described in the article, develop your own Health Care Reform proposal for this chronic condition with a 3 prong plan that will:
(a) Increase access to affordable coverage for all Americans (ex. reform out of pocket costs related to this chronic condition)
(b) Improve delivery system to increase value (ex. include alternative care options as a part of insurance coverage)
(c) Reform heath care financing to eliminate waste and promote efficiency (ex. various cost sharing models between employer and employee for health insurance options)
WEEK 9 DISCUSSION QUESTION #2
From your own research (please cite articles and sources), please speak to how the current Health Care Reform Act does and/or does not address the issue of chronic conditions for both insured and uninsured Americans. 
Speak to the pros and cons, what you feel the plan should include or what do you feel to be an improvement overall or just small steps in the right direction.