Running head: THE PRIMARY CARE CLINIC The Primary Care Clinic Lacey Jaslaine Vaughn March 12, 2013 Strayer University Professor Kathleen Milburne The Primary Care Clinic Discuss the key political, economic, and social forces that may have influenced the development of the clinic. Politics have always had an influence on our healthcare. In the United States, people benefit from our health care system. There are many politicians that are being “paid” in order to keep our health care system the way it has been for years. Obamacare forces people to have health insurance, so it caused those who do not agree with it to make the choice to not get any type of health insurance.
One of the goals of socialized medicine is ensuring universal access to health care. Even though this will take a long time to be achieved because people’s opinions are split based on their political views and income. Most democrats believe that socialized medicine is the way to go to help people less fortunate. Where most Republicans believe that there to many cons towards socialized medicine to go with it and there are other ways to help people than a uniform health care for
Healthcare Reform: Cost, Quality and Access Healthcare reforms are polices set by the government that describes future ideas and changes based on economic and social advances to create an improved healthcare system that benefits the society as a whole. The topics of cost, quality, and access have become a concern to many as the issues continue to grow. In the United States these issues are the top priorities that have been discussed for decades to enhance the system already in place. The central idea of the first article focused on universal access of primary care. It states that because the costs of healthcare continue to increase so does the number of uninsured which in return increases the costs even more.
Throughout the last few decades nationalizing of health care has been a very controversial topic. Health care has been a problem among Americans for many years. Today many Americans have little or no health insurance. Many Americans do not get the proper medical treatment. Health care is hard for people to get the proper coverage due to high prices, pre-existing conditions, or debt problems.
In the United States, there are obvious issues with the current health care system; however, implementing a government regulated, tax-funded system is not in our best interest, as proved by several facts and statistics. With the upcoming presidential election, the health care issue has become more controversial and more in the spotlight. Especially considering the fact that there are currently over 40 million uninsured Americans (Messerli). Nevertheless, the proposed solutions to the crisis would only be damaging to the current situation. Advocates of the system tend to be overly idealistic, and attempt to convince the American public of this seemingly free, perfect health care system that will cover each and every American at minimal costs.
“The health care reform act provision vastly expands information reporting requirements” (Lifson, 2010, p. 1). Conclusion While it is too early to determine the success or failure of the ACA one thing is certain that the American people want a change in health care. They want more accessible and equitable health care coverage and they deserve it. Many people say that health care is a right not a privilege but for years the United States has viewed it as privilege. Many people do not agree with the government forcing the people into action but the people have had many years to take action on their own and have
Healthcare Regulatory Agencies and their Effect on Rising Medical Costs Regulatory agencies can be viewed as a hindrance, these agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospitals (JOINT), and the Occupational Safety and Healthcare Administration (OSHA) are responsible for much of the increase in costs that have taken place in providing effective and safe healthcare in the past decade. There have been arguments ever since the inception of the first regulatory agency as to whether or not these were, or would be advantageous to healthcare practitioners and healthcare institutions. Although their focus is on the patient, these agencies state that they exist for the healthcare provider’s protection. There is solid evidence demonstrating the rise in costs due to these regulations. Regulations can be as complex as safety devices for injections and as simple as requiring hair covering for healthcare workers.
Too many Americans are forced into bankruptcy due to high out-of-pocket medical care expenses” (Miller 3). It just doesn’t feel right to these citizens that basic healthcare is outside of their reach just because they have lost their job or chose a career path that was not as profitable as some others may have chosen. After all, every job must be done and not everyone can be among the elite. However, that should not mean that the people who do the lower class jobs should suffer medically. This is the argument that is the backbone of those who press for a universal healthcare
I believe that everyone has something to gain from improvements in the insurance health care system. Since the 1930, many Presidents have tried to pass Health care reform and failed in Congress. As a result, the numbers of uninsured have increased over the years. Due to the lack of action at the federal level, many states have taken action to lower the number of uninsured. They have formed plans under
A third of the American Population without Healthcare…. “Provision of health care is a human right and a country as wealthy as ours should not have a third of its population without access to proper health care.” This is a very meaningful and powerful statement to those who it pertains to, but is this statement true? The pros and cons of this issue are being debated constantly especially with the recent Affordable Healthcare for America Act being passed by the United States House of Representatives. The functionalist theoretical perspective definitely supports the statement and the recent act as they believe that if society is to be stable, then it is important for people to be healthy and to contribute. I am indifferent