It boasts of the best hospitals, research institutions and competent and highly skilled personnel in the world, yet it is among the countries that perform poorly amongst industrialized nations in terms of long-term care. Its healthcare system is inefficient, bureaucratic, and divided. This has been contributed by misconceptions across the American population concerning healthcare issues (Malhotra, 2010). Some of these are: U.S. has the best healthcare system globally; healthcare rationing is impossible in America; many migrants are in the United States because of healthcare; immigrants are the cause of rising healthcare costs and socialized medicine is not
The need for health care is dire, yet the prices just increase. Inelasticity seems to better fit the industry, with the want and cost disproportioned. The microeconomics aspect of health care has a lot to focus on, most consumers make decisions based on quality, price and quantity. With the price of insurance and uninsured services so high, the quality and quantity could be there, but not the consumer. The price is a driving force for most consumers.
This is also invalid because it is better to pay taxes rather than over priced medical bills. The last con is that people will have a longer wait time. That is also invalid because the more people that visit the more of a demand there will be for Doctors. A universal health care system would extend care to all Americans regardless of social status or bank account. Health care has become extremely unaffordable for both businesses and individuals.
Obama Care is all about fixing some of the flaws we have in our health care system, and making health care affordable for the public. Although we are the richest country in the world no many of us could afford necessary operations such as covering hospital bills for intensive care surgeries for ill babies, or bypass surgeries for coronary patients (Lawrence R. Wu, 001). If the plan goes into effect there will be decisions made by many to seek preventative care; that before it didn’t have health insurance and wouldn’t take the chance of being turned away or racking up medical expenses. Although having this plan would restrict some of the criteria insurance companies use in deciding whether or not to provide coverage for an individual or not in the end I
The United States of America is the only developed country without universal health care. That means that whoever cannot afford medical insurance is denied health care. The effects of that can be seen by comparing it to other countries that do have universal health care. According to a survey conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, a private organization that promotes better health care, the U.S. ranks last among OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development) countries in avoidable deaths that could have been prevented by health care. The U.S. spends more money than any other country for health care having the highest percentage of patients who do not seek care due to cost.
Secondly, there is the low Medicare as well as low Medicare reimbursement rates, the low Medicare and reimbursement rates have in one way or another contributed to hiking level of health care in the United States. Because of the above-mentioned reason, physicians are forced to make up their income they deem to have lost by charging exorbitant prices in performing more services on them. Currently the Medicare reimbursement allowable rates have been lagging far much behind the inflation rate. As a result the citizen of the United State are left to wallow in poverty and struggle in footing for the bills since the reimbursement does not in any way have any impact since the forces of inflation as pulled
The term “Universal Healthcare” refers to equal health coverage for all residents of a nation “funded by the government under [a] single-payer system” (Cummings). The United States currently does not utilize universal healthcare; its health insurance is provided mainly through employers and by private companies. This consumer-driven system is harmful to the residents of the United States who are unemployed and cannot afford expensive private insurance. It also facilitates the need for welfare and, even then, those on public assistance receive a lower quality of care. Universal Healthcare would lower the mortality rate in the United States by solving the problem of the uninsured and the underinsured, as well as halt rising healthcare costs in the U.S.
However, working adults can use the benefits of the medical insurance, which will give them an opportunity for a decent medical service and reduce the general taxation burden. The issue of health care throughout the years has been a major issue in the society in the United States and it is one of the most important aspects of an election campaign of any political party. One issue concerning healthcare is that it is very expensive and more than 52 million people do not have any coverage or they have less adequate coverage. In addition, it is very important for people to have coverage for general healthcare maintenance and just in case, something drastic occurs, in their life. A well-organized, efficient health care system is not that easy to provide and one of the key problems on the way to the ideal hospitals and medical help is proper funding.
The rising cost of health care has cause the government to step in and control regulations and spending; thus creating a health care reform system. America is now entering into this reform. The purpose of having a universal health care system is to provide covered care for all its residence, dispel misnomers about the program, and America's health care system, before Obama Care, was organized around private insurance companies, which many of our citizens could not afford. With the new Obama health care system, everyone pays into the system and everyone receives care. Just like Britain's health care system, they provides free public healthcare to all permanent residents at the point of need.
Issues of Healthcare in the United States HCM-520 Health Care Organization April 7, 2013 Abstract America is the largest and most diverse Society in the world. This is reflected in their health care resist. It spends almost two trillion dollars for our health and is still in the few nations whose citizens have health issues. It seems ironic that the nation the highest per capita expenditure on health technologically and advanced health care system the world is not the healthiest. Americans are thicker and less stressed active than people in other countries.