SOC456-01 Assignment 2Due date: see Canvas
1. Watch the following videos regarding health care system in other countries including UK,
Switzerland, Australia, Japan.
UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytzrjEfyfA (13:50- 24:30)
Switzerland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytzrjEfyfA (24:35- 34:58)
Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytzrjEfyfA (35:00- 43:11)
Japan: https://criticalcommons.org/Members/Ghent/clips/saw_japan.mp4/view
Choose one out of these countries and compare and contrast the health care system in the United
States with the system in that country. Explain which system you would prefer. (15 points)
2. Watch the following videos regarding health care system in Taiwan
https://criticalcommons.org/Members/Ghent/clips/saw_taiwan.mp4/view . I am inviting Dr.
Fangyi Huang from Yuan Ze University at Taiwan to give a guest lecture on Health care system
in Taiwan. Please write a question that you have regarding health and health care in Taiwan that
you would like to discuss with her. Based on what you learned about health care system in
Taiwan, please write a question that you have regarding health and health care in Taiwan that
you would like to discuss with her. Points will be deducted for asking “empty” questions (e.g.,
“What do you like about the health care system?” “What impressed you most?”). (5 points)
3. “Although health care has features of ordinary commodities—it is, after all, bought and sold in
the economy—the distributive ethics most nations seek to impose on their health systems set it
starkly apart from other commodities” (Reinhardt, 2019). A question now being hotly debated is
whether health care is social good or private consumption good. American progressives believe
that health care is a pure social good to be available to all on equal terms and to be financed by
ability to pay. While American conservatives think that health care is a private consumption good
whose financing is primarily an individual responsibility. Between the two opinions
aforementioned (American progressives vs American conservatives), which opinion do you agree
with? You are expected to come up with two reasons to support your argument. Provide detailed
and grounded evidences and proofs to support each of your reason. 30 points in total; each reason
and its supporting evidences (about 200 words) worth 15 points.
Note:
1. Turn in your work on Canvas. Here is where to submit your work: Canvas