With taxes at a breaking point government has little recourse but to try to hold down costs. Government cutting budget for health care sector affects every aspect. Since labour is the main component of health costs, income for health workers and professionals have been brought under tight government controls. This causes brain wash. Health professionals will migrate to other countries were they would compensate for the same services they provide. This causes shortage of labour force in health care sector which in turn causes long patient wait time.
According to research from the ebsco host website doctors are also compensated for denying a patient care that is necessary for treatment. Many fear that HMOs reverse the incentive by rewarding physicians for denying care. Some plans create a very powerful incentive for doctors. The doctor limits patient access to services by withholding a significant percentage of payments until after an assessment of the doctor's performance. Speaking of HMO, from research it is one of the organizations that encourage denial care.
For example, if a patient discovers they have a very short time to live, naturally they would be scared and anxious. At this point in time, patients want to decide the way their life will end; tiresome and excruciating or quick and pleasant. Patients may fear that they are a burden to their family, as in most situations, it is extremely expensive to go through treatment. If they are going to die anyways, is using a lot of money, especially if you are from a middle or lower-class family, really worth it? Furthermore, patients fear that they will soon come to a time when they are surviving but not really living.
It impacts the patient’s health and the ability to heal. Culture also directs belief about disease and how it should be treated (“What is Cultural Competency, “ 2013). The relationship between the patient and healthcare provider is compromised when healthcare providers are not knowledgeable about the cultural differences of patients. Frequently, patients find it very difficult to trust healthcare providers. Concomitantly, healthcare providers are unable to provide adequate care to patients when they are not empathetic to the way the patient views health and illness (“What is Cultural Competency, “ 2013).
Pros and Cons of Managed Care PROs | CONs | Managed care is a set of techniques designed to make the providers of health care more accountable for the quality of the health care they delivered. | Premiums for private health insurance are getting costly. | Often negotiate lower rates for basic healthcare procedures with physicians, labs and various types of healthcare facilities. | Members may not be fully satisfied with the care that is given by a primary care physician and would want to consult with another who is not included in the network. | Many health insurance plans operate with the use of a wide range of physicians and specialists who are connected with the insurance provider network.
They also have a central administration that plans and initiates change and the physicians are not sure how to handle someone else making their decision for them. The EHR’s are being held responsible for the physician getting lost in the crowd and losing autonomy. Professional autonomy definition: “professionals' having control over the conditions, processes, procedures, or content of their work according to their own collective and, ultimately, individual judgment in the application of their profession's body of knowledge and expertise.” (Margot McGimpsey, 2011) I do not find that EHR’s are changing this definition. I find that the HC professionals don’t like change and is using the “loss of autonomy” as an excuse to fall back on what they are most comfortable
Physician-owned physical therapy service is a major controversial issue affecting many workers, patients, and states as a whole in many adverse ways. Otherwise referred to as POPTS, a physician-owned physical therapy service is one that has a financial relationship between a physician and a physical therapy office. Whether it is the physician having ownership over or investment in the practice or if the therapists were employed or contracted by the physician, it is all unfair and unethical. It oversteps professional boundaries and creates a skeptical relationship that is strictly beneficial to the physicians. There is uncertainty and controversy with physician owned specialty hospitals in general, but physical therapy is a narrower
I also believe that to have health services at a level in which people are satisfied, for the price it currently costs us to get it is completely unreasonable. I think an adjustment to what health care is provided by the respective Federal and Provincial Governments is the key, once an accurate list of what should be provided is made, private clinics can gear themselves towards such care. In adjusting the Health Act I do not think that the government can give up the right to regulate prices and medical ran facilities, much like they do any other business. With a government regulated medical-insurance company people can have access to the more advanced medical needs, but at a slightly higher cost, easing the burden on the government financially. It is fair to expect that if you want a higher level of medical care, that you need to pay for it.
It is time that Americans realize the amorality of US hospitals forced to turn away the sick and poor. UHC is a health care system that aligns more closely with the core values that so many Americans espouse and respect, and it is time to realize its potential. Another common argument against UHC in the United States is that other comparable national health care systems, like that of England, France, or Canada, are bankrupt or rife with problems. UHC opponents claim that sick patients in these countries often wait in long lines or long wait lists for basic health care. Opponents also commonly accuse these systems of being unable to pay for themselves, racking up huge deficits year after year.
However, it appears as though the AMA seem more concern about the backlash of public scrutiny and competitive advertising office hours, fees and services rendered versus the importance of reducing and or preventing the mortality rate caused by medical staff errors. The incompetence of the healthcare professionals is as unstable as can be. One source states how a surgeon was sued for negligence. The