In order to provide free education for medical students, malpractice insurance for physicians, and free health care for everyone, taxes need to be raised. Ultimately, all Americans can have health care if we pay higher taxes instead of paying the insurance companies. Bibliography 1. Karen Davis, Cathy Schoen, & Kristof Stremikis, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally 2010, http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2010/Jun/1400_Davis_Mirror_Mirror_on_the_wall_2010.pdf. 2.
There will also be a Co-pay every three months, and government would automatically pay for the poor and pregnant women. The hospitals would compete for government funding based on how well they treated their patients. I would instate more technology in hospitals because it will aid us in helping patients get better and it could cut some spending costs. You would not be required to see a gatekeeper before seeing a specialist, you can choose which one you would like to see. There will also be a social health insurance fund, so if you lose your job you will not lose your health care.
The Affordable Care Act has made notable changes thus far. The new law requires all Americans enroll in a health plan or pay a penalty. The law prohibits insurance companies from excluding children with medical conditions and terminating coverage if they become sick. Adult children can remain on their parents' health insurance plan until they are 26 years old. All new plans provide free preventive services.
The price is a driving force for most consumers. The macroeconomics of health care can be summed up in a statement made by doctor named Brian Pereir, from Boston’s Tufts-New England Medical Center, “At what point does health care consume so much of our gross national product that it starts to rob us of other much needed services?” So much money and services are going into health care that is impedes on all other aspects of
The United States is the only industrialized country that does not recognize the human right to health. Franklin Roosevelt in 1943 proposed a "Second Bill of Rights" in which he defined freedom to include "the right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health" (Carmalt & Zaidi, 2004). Historically, Americans and their leaders have advocated for a higher standard of living for all yet have fallen short on this issue. When the government and the people of the United States recognize that health care is a right for everyone the citizens of this country will be healthier for it. Carmalt, J.
Description of the problem and proposed change: The goal of the change project is to make congestive heart failure (CHF) patients with transportation problems aware that the hospital offers state funded program (Measure A) that provides free transportation to their clinic appointments. The implementation of this project was a decision made by the family nurse practitioner with full support of the director of nursing and cardiology. The ultimate goal is to decrease the number of no shows to clinic appointments. This plan was broken down into three phases. The first phase was to get all CHF patients approved for free transportation based on their disability and limitations secondary to heart disease.
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.
Hill-Burton Free and Reduced-Cost Health Care In 1946, Congress passed a law that gave hospitals, nursing homes and other health facilities grants and loans for construction and modernization. In return, they agreed to provide a reasonable volume of services to persons unable to pay and to make their services available to all persons residing in the facility’s area. The program stopped providing funds in 1997, but about 170 health care facilities nationwide are still obligated to provide free or reduced-cost care. Since 1980, more than $6 billion in uncompensated services have been provided to eligible patients through Hill-Burton. -US Dept.
Moreover, Obama is looking to increase taxes on affluent Americans to fund a “$634 billion health care ‘reserve fund’ aimed at reforming the system” according to Ed Henry in his article Obama Seeks Tax Hike, higher Medicare Payments. Considering the government would see itself as providing healthcare for every American citizen, even supposing it is American taxpayers that are footing this bill; this will give the government a great argument for taxing many other goods that Americans buy. Cigarettes, fast food, and excess coffee consumption will be deemed as uncertain behavior and therefore will be taxed much more heavily. Also, the question needs to be raised as to what else is risky behavior. Kayaking, bicycle riding, and motorcycles can all be argued to be dangerous.
The current health care system in the United States is a structure that is intertwined with both a private and public sector. The system that is set up in the United States is the most expensive health care system in the world (Institute of Medicine, 2010). In the United States people spend more money on medical care than anywhere in the world. In addition, people are more concerned with the rising costs of health care than collective access for the American people (Shi and Singh, 2008). I think that this is the time for the government to step in and make some changes in the health care system.