“After reviewing materials in chapters 8 and 9, and other sources, discuss the following from the perspective of a health care system, consisting of several hospitals, outpatient clinics, and affiliated doctor’s offices. It has a service area of 5 million in population.

Should it offer its own health insurance products, in addition to acceptance of private insurance and Medicaid and Medicare?
How it might it benefit or hurt the health care system to offer its own health insurance products?