Public Vs Private Health Care Essay

Health care in the United States is a complex system comprised of both public and private sectors. Public and private health sectors serve different segments within the population that are determined by how health services are financed. The complexity of our health care system delivery of care and financing can be attributed to our mulit-model. The efficacy of each sector has been heavily debated as it pertains to the validity and sustainability of each sector. The aim of this paper is to provide a comparative analysis of public and private health care systems and how that equates to the viability and sustainability of either public health or private health.
Contrast of Private and Public Health structures
Public and private sectors are at the center of a polarizing debate in the United States on which health care option is more sustainable, accountable, and efficient in providing care to its health care consumers (Basu, Andrews, Kishore, Panjabi, & Stuckler, 2012). By doing a comparative analysis this section will look at two issues found within public and private health. …show more content…
In this section we will focus on public health. The public health systems differ from private health systems in large part to the primary determinant placed on need and cost-effectiveness measures (Maynard, 2013). In saying, Maynard is suggesting that access in public health is depended upon health consumers’ need for services and maximization of health outcomes within finite budget. Many would view access of care in public as negative because of the constraints that are place due to budgetary concerns placed by the government. Access to care in the public health sector is greatly influenced providers who are willing and unwilling to accept government funding. As Dayaratna (2012) suggest that low Medicaid reimbursement is reducing healthcare providers across the country willingness to accept Medicaid