Collaborating for a Better Health Care Systems Minority communities and people from rural areas distrust health and other government systems due to a number of reasons. Zekeri and Habte research about perceived factors that influence disparities in health found that indicate that perceived racial discrimination, mistrust issues with Caucasians and mistrust with public institutions are major factors that influence disparities in health (Zekeri & Habte, (2006). Making health a culture means that we have to strengthen connections between our health care systems, public health systems, and the community. Health care providers and professionals who care for the patients will have a greater influence and impact if they are supported by infrastructures…
Medicaid expansion was put in place by the ACA. It is the law written requiring all states to expand Medicaid coverage, so all low-income individuals would have Medicaid as coverage. I disagree; because I believe that healthcare should be a right for every American, not a privilege or a service. I was surprised to see that one of the highest institutions of the land such as the Supreme Court exempted states from Medicaid expansion. This is like punishing it own citizens because there are poor.…
For example, new drugs are curing hepatitis C that corrode the liver, and eventually, lead to death. This new drugs are costly yet efficient, however, the state of Illinois is keeping the poor away from reaching the medication. Treating these kind of illnesses or diseases cause from ninety-thousand dollars to millions of dollars. Millions of people are now enrolling into Medicaid which caused financial difficulty, hesitation, and limit access to healthcare services, cares, medication, and treatments. In this situation, Medicaid reinforce it with their reimbursement plan, giving them access to treatment that are much cheaper than other treatment and medication rate.…
Health care disparities have been an issue that is of great interest to public health professionals. Several efforts have been made in efforts to reduce the existing health disparities. Health care disparities are politically sensitive issues and because they are interlaced with race relations, it poses a threat to achieving an overall healthy population. The issues of health care disparities are deeply rooted in socio economic status, culture, access to health care services, utilization of healthcare services, utilization of preventative care, genetics and other social determinants of health. David Satcher presents evidence of this problem where he writes “African American men have the greatest rate of lung cancer from smoking, and both African…
Healthcare disparities exist among racial/ethnic minorities in the United States. It 's a basic human right to receive the highest quality of care regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, and the level of treatment or quality of care people receive should not be determined by their race or ethnicity. Although people are aware of this, yet not everyone gets the same quality of care or treatment in the U.S. The United States spends more money on healthcare delivery than most developed countries, and yet the quality of healthcare is lower than most of the developed countries due to healthcare disparities among racial/ethnic minorities (Lavizzo-Mourey, R., 2008). Racial/ethnic minorities are more likely to disproportionately suffer from healthcare…
Medical offices who obtain a medical billing office to do their billing are affected by the low disbursement rates of insurance companies, hence affecting the lives of other American’s pay, and their abilities to be able to invest in society, such as luxuries, buying cars or homes, and various other things that jeopardizes local economics. Furthermore, small businesses are unable to provide a private healthcare option due to the fact that their incomes are getting lower due to low disbursements, especially the companies who provide services to doctor’s offices where their incomes are primarily based on the disbursements of insurance companies. Consequently, instead of doctor’s offices accepting forms of Medicaid, they are opting to change to a concierge type of service, charging upwards to $1500 a year upfront. For a patient who is obviously in need of insurance, and living day to day, this makes it impossible for anyone to come up with $1500 extra a year, especially to those who are struggling to pay the necessities to live, such as food, water, electric, housing, cars, mechanical issues, and any other thing that may come up at times, which adds more burden to their already very stressful…
A joint federal and state program like Medicaid helps with medical costs for some people with limited income and resources. Medicaid provides health coverage if you have a very low income. Medicaid covers basic costs such…
In this paper I will explore the concept of how in the case of health care, that there seems to be an ongoing issue with ethnic minorities not receiving the best health care treatment, as compared to non-minorities (who tend to receive the best amount of health care). I will cover all reasons as to why I believe that minority ethnicities are subjected to many different disparities in health care. That can range from: not having insurance, being from a low to poor socioeconomic class, or just because of the preconceived thoughts that physicians have towards the minority groups; that when they are hurt, and are seeking treatment in a health care setting, that it is all the time their fault. The piece of information that was of interest to me…
Medicare vs. Medicaid What I learned is that both are financed some way through the government paid via taxes and although they sound very similar that both have different benefits and eligibility requirements. From my understanding Medicare is a program for long term coverage for the elderly and Medicaid is supposed to benefit those with lower incomes. I noticed Medicare is done through social security and it has parts A-C and the newly added D in 2003. Medicare is also offered to everyone when they reach eligibility, while Medicaid is not.…
(Cunningham) Starting around 2003 Medicaid started to surpass Medicare as the larger U.S. financed health program; Medicare expenditures in fiscal year 2013 amounted to $449 billion. (CMS) What is often not recognized about Medicaid is the fact that it has become the true safety net for the most vulnerable persons in the United States (Concannon) Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health related services for America’s poorest people. (Waid) All of the states participate in Medicaid and have relied on it to meet basic health care needs and provide ancillary needed services for the population, including children, adults with physical and mental disabilities, elderly and pregnant women.…
The burden of death and illness associated with chronic diseases experienced by Africans Americans and other people of color are a result of disparities in the United States. The health disparities associated with these diseases are a compelling reason for addressing this problem. For example, According to CDC, diabetes is approximately 70 percent higher in African American and nearly doubles in Hispanic than whites (CDC, 2011). My goal is to improve the lives of racial/ethnic populations that are suffering from these devastating diseases by the end of 2017. By the end of FY 2016, A RFA will be in place for the development of a community projects to help reduce/eliminate health disparities.…
Medicaid, which is a state and federal funded program, provides health coverage to millions of Americans nationwide. Eligible recipients include low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. In the state of Michigan, there were 2,920,176 recipients who received Medicaid benefits in 2017 (State of Michigan, 2018). Although so many participants rely on Medicaid for health insurance, many of them are tremendously dissatisfied with the quality of health care themselves or their children receive. The reality is, many of the providers that do accept Medicaid patients, do not treat them with the same level of care as patients with private insurance.…
For over 50 years Medicaid has been the primary source of health coverage for people who are considered into the low income catagory. People who recieve Medicaid and children who recieve CHIP people who live below the FPL or middle income arent being served properly because of the law changes. States are permitted to expand Medicaid services to nonelderly adult with income up to the federal poverty level. This law was mandatory for all states, however due to the supreme court decision made the expansion optional. A lot of people are affected by this decision due to the state of Florida decididing to opt out the expansion.…
Medicaid is a program based on cooperative federalism. This meaning both the national and state governments share responsibilities within the program. In this instance, national and state governments fund the program mutually. The national government is tasked with determining the eligibility standards to be set forth. While the state governments are tasked with determining a recipient’s eligibility and benefits.…
The private sector has been focusing on making a profit over the years, ignoring the importance of health care for all. There is no ideal system and no final…