The population of 65 and older accounts for approximately 13% of our nation’s population, and they account for 24.1% of the total hospital visits (Dychtwald). One reason that the health care industry is such a moneymaker is because Medicare doesn’t generally cover all of the costs of disease prevention and long term care, which can be quite expensive. The percentage of GDP that is spent on healthcare was approximately 17% in 2009, and it is projected to be 19.3% by the year 2019 (Terry). (2) p.113 Healthcare costs for Medicare patients shown as $100/yr in 1965 and $7,000 in
A Letter to the Editor It is Walter Cuffey's opinion that providing free housing and healthcare naturally would diminish people's desire to work for the government and pay their taxes, which in the long run would lead the country to bankruptcy. This contradicts Congressman Jesse Jackson Junior's opinion who believes it simply would create millions of jobs in the housing and health care industries and because of that generate a greater economic prosperity. I do not believe that the free housing Jackson mentions is meant to be expensive and luxurious. However, by free housing I imagine, he in point of fact means shelter, so that no-one in America have to live on the street. Once you have got a roof over your head, a solid base to return to,
healthcare system is expensive. Politicians and insurance companies claim that America has the best healthcare system in the world but the fact is that 42.6 million people in the U.S. currently are without health insurance, which slaps these blind fools in the face who think that American healthcare is the best out there (Maine). How can US citizens rely on such a system of healthcare? In 1998 the infant mortality rate in the U.S was 7.2 infant deaths per 1,000 live births (Maine). Although this number is pretty low, US is still ranked highest among countries based on infant mortality rates within the OECD countries.
First the pro side, the first main issue is the fact that the 32 million Americans that don’t have health care will now have access to health care coverage. Many Americans can’t afford health care coverage and this policy lowers the cost so that more Americans will have the opportunity to get the coverage they need. Another pro is that people with preexisting conditions can no longer be denied coverage. Insurance companies have been getting away with denying people the coverage they need because they either get sick or because they have a preexisting condition and this policy puts an end to all of that. Lastly, the amount of personal bankruptcies will be reduced.
Another comes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that recently determined that one-third of all health care consumed in the U.S. is unnecessary. That means that 33% of care covered by our insurance companies may not be medically necessary. It is no coincidence that over the last decade, hip replacements have increased by a third, knee replacements are up 70%, and MRI/CT/PET scans have
Also the medical professionals can concentrate more on treating the patient rather than the insurance procedures and malpractice liability. Universal healthcare is needed because insurance is becoming unaffordable for businesses and individuals. Having a universal healthcare system would be great because everyone in the United States would be treated equaly when it comes to seeking medical attention.
With all this overhead one would think the united states would atleast be among one the worlds top healthcare systems right? Well, contrary to the misconception that, ‘the American health system is the best in the world, bar none” the US Business Roundtable released a study,assisted by 12 distinguished health economists, reportingthat , “relative to health spendinglevels in the rest of the OECD, the USA faces a 24% value gap relative to Canada, Germany, Japan, and the UK (Business Roundtable,
Universal Health Care In the united states there are currently 46 million Americans with no insurance or are covered by inadequate insurance that doesn't provide all necessary care needed to live a healthy life. Our current health care system is lowering Americas collective health as insurance companies and hospitals wont provide preventive care that creates more health problems later in life due to a lack of insurance .Private health care in the United States is ineffective in today's society and causes concern for the public as health care becomes less and less attainable for citizens in the United States of America reducing collective health of the nation. Universal health care should be the future in the United States health care system which will provide equal care for everyone instead of excellent health being a luxury for a lucky few. The Unites States, one of few countries that holds a private health care system, unfortunately shows the care is inaccessible by average
Many insurance plans cover only a limited number of doctors’ visits or hospital days, exposing families’ to unlimited financial liability. Over half of all personal bankruptcies today are caused by medical bills. Lack of affordable health care is compounded by serious flaws in our health care delivery system. About 100,000 Americans die from medical errors in hospitals every year. One-quarter of all medical spending goes to administrative and overhead costs, and reliance on antiquated paper-based record and information systems needlessly increases these costs.
Running head: NATIONALIZED HEALTH CARE MODELS Nationalized Health Care Models Leslie (Kris) Pearson Grand Canyon University HLT 205 June 27, 2010 Nationalized Health Care Models Today, health care models vary from around the world. Just about all prosperous nations provide universal health care, with the exception of the United States. America is only one of two industrialized nations without universal healthcare. In fact; "America is the only country in the developed world, except for South Africa that does not provide health care for all of its citizens." (Bureau of Labor, 2003, p. 28).