1. Identify one country from the following list whose healthcare system you will compare to the U.S. healthcare system: Great Britain, Japan, Germany, or Switzerland.
Great Britain and American Health Care Compared

2. Compare access between the two healthcare systems for children, people who are unemployed, and for people who are retired.
Great Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) covers everyone children, unemployed and retired. There is no payment required. Taxes are higher in Great Britain to cover the medical costs. (Palfreman & Reid, 2008)
In America programs such as Medicaid and Medicare exist for assistance to those that do not have healthcare insurance or as a secondary.
Medicaid is funded federally and state wide for payment of care medically. This aid is offered to the aging adults, destitute, those with disabilities, and particular family groups with dependents meeting specified wage criteria. (Cherry & Jacob, 2014)
Medicare is coverage made for those 65 (retirement age) or older, specific persons with disability. Must qualify for either social security benefits or retired from the railroad.
There are two plans or parts to Medicaid. (A) will provide coverage during the hospital stay. (B) obligates the covered person to pay a percentage, this plan provides coverage for service from doctors along with medication benefits. (Cherry & Jacob, 2014)

2a. Discuss coverage for medications in the two healthcare systems.
American medication coverage.
International Federation of Health Plans states there is an excessive cost for American prescriptions compared to other countries. The cost is anywhere from double to over half from what other countries pay. Cancer and explicit medications are inclined to be some of the highest cost. (Kounang, 2015)
Private health care insurance pays for a portion of prescriptions, some medications may be