Assignment Two: Unit Four

My starting research question was how should the United States reform the health care issue? I first started out using google and searched free health care AND private health care. I then scrolled down the list of results and found a title that seemed to relate to my research question, which was found on http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3627. Then I looked for the copyright date which was in 2008. I decided to use the boolean search term AND in my web search. The website that I decided to use was decided on my part because first off the title in the results page on google seemed to be related to my research question and the url link was of a .org website which for my research question tend to hold more vauluable information on the sites, as well as in this case where my research question is related to the health care systems. .org websites also tend to contain information that is more trustworthy than information found on a .com website. The information on the site also comes from the Cato Institute, which is made up of public policy research conducted by various scholars. However the Cato Institute is libertarian which could be a bad thing is some aspects as being to extremist in policy suggestions, but in this case I think it could be a good thing due to free health care against private health care a big issue in America's health care reform debates. the information found on the site helped me to reform my research question to what are the differences between single-payer and socialistic health care systems. When searching my topic using the library catalog I began my search with (United States)AND(health care reform) the search was limited to available items, the location was under internet resources, the material type was under computer media, and the language was english. I first looked at a source titled getting better value in health care, then I looked at similar items and selected health care reform-United States where I then selected Charting a Course for Health Care Reform which was dated as March 14, 2007. The material was from a session of congress so I selected it, because it was more than likely that it would contain trustworthy material and had a title relating directly to my research question. When looking at the material I found that one in six Americans do not have access to health care. The hearing was also centered on gaining the goal of universal health care coverage. Controling ridiculous amounts of money being spent on health care was another topic of the hearing. Also free health care run by the government did not seem to be a road that should be taken for Americans due to provate decisions being the most reliable ones that would get Americans their rightful health care needs met. After my research I developed two refined research questions which are what is the role private health care plays in America, and how doesn't givernment run health care systems meet patients needs? The research statement that I came up with is, Health care is a necessisty for all people present in the world and reform is a necessity if we are to gain adequate improvements in our livings.