From: Anh-Khoi Nguyen Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 6:44 PM To: Emmanuel Chen Subject: Re: Interview questions Hi Emmanuel, here you go. good luck. ‘1 What are the major problems with the U.S. health care system today, from your perspective? The extreme cost of a multi-payer system and privatized health insurance. The United States healthcare system is profit driven and as a result, we have a disparity of coverage within the population. The United States spends 2 times the amount per capita as the rest of the industrialized world on their health care system. The cost to afford decent healthcare and prescription drugs is outrageous. In the United States, when you become very sick, you go bankrupt. But an the flip side drug companies and healthcare companies rack in billions of dollars in profits per year. Profit over people; the model of the US healthcare system 2. How effective has the Affordable Care Act been in addressing these problems so far? The Affordable Care Act is a step in the right direction, however, has not been effective at all in addressing the cost and coverage for all those who need it. There will be no fundamental change in our country until the United States abolishes the multi-payer system and follow the rest of the industrialized world into a single payer system 3. What major trends do you see occurring in the health care system in the next § to 10 years? | wish to see a progressive movement toward Medicare for All. Only until recently within the past 5 years have people of the United States begin to realize the need to have universal Coverage under a single payer system. Unfortunately, because af all the greed, profiteering and money involve in the industry, this may likely not happen. 4. What changes would you like to see in the system, and haw could they be brought about? | would like to see a universal coverage, single payer system. With the current Democratic election, we hear and talk about the notion of Medicare for All. At this point in time, not all ‘Americans believe in it. | think to actually implement change, we must start from the bottom up. Instead of imposing Medicare for All on the entire country as a whole. | believe real changecan start if a progressive state like California implement Medicare for all Califomia Residents. Providing healthcare to all of Californians will save on healthcare administrative cost and reduce administrative waste simultaneously providing quality healthcare to all its residents. Quality of life of Californians would increase and | believe there will be an influx of people from other states who share the same ideology whom will to come to California and embrace universal care coverage. 5. What do you see your role as in improving health and health care? My role as a Nurse Practitioner is to provide quality healthcare to patients regardless of income or social status. Every day | am witness to deprived healthcare given to patients whom lack insurance or have lower tier insurance plan. The greed has to end. Healthcare should be a human right Regards, Khoi Nguyen MSN, NP-C Gastroenterology Department Manager/Nurse Practitioner Olympia Medical Center www.olympiame.com Office: (310) 556-7747 Fax: (310) 956 7757 On Mar 26, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Emmanuel Chen wrote: Hello Khoi Nguyen, Thank yau so much for agreeing to help with my interview questions. Here | have attached said questions for the project: 1. What are the major problems with the U.S. health care system today, from your perspective? 2. How effective has the Affordable Care Act been in addressing these problems so far? 3. What major trends do you see occurring in the health care system in the next 5 to 10 years? 4. What changes would you like to see in the system, and haw could they be brought about? 5. What do you see your role as in improving health and health care? Thank yau so much! Hoping you and your family staying as safe as possible and keeping you in my prayers!‘<712CF534D00E44D6B8EES808187055AB[335035].png> Emmanuel Chen Entry Level Masters Cohort 17 ‘Mervyn M. Dymally School of Nursing emmanuelchen@ cdrewu.edu Tel: (626).209-8417 41731 E, 120th St., Los Angeles, CA 90059 www .cdrenu.edy