Again with regards to the topic at hand, government control and their overall impact on such Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans Administration, Indian Health Services or the Prison Health Services one element is crucial on all stages – budget funding and the allocation of capital to fund any government sponsored health programs directly administered by a Federal agency. “If” funding is not allocated then health initiatives or programs face the impact of reduction of services, or health programs facing the prospect of closure or elimination. Budget constraints have a direct impact on the targeted population, thereby affecting access to care and quality of care.
An interesting perspective, once again from The Heritage Foundation, the opinion being offered was presented on September 10th, 2010 so it is a bit dated, but it does bring to the forefront the overall impact of government control within an agency that is listed as HHS or Human Health Services. The opinion being delivered is from John S. Hoff. The article is listed as: Backgrounder #2459 on Health Care, Obamacare. It is titled: Implementing Obamacare: …show more content…
PPACA requires HHS to develop standards for the exchanges to use in certifying the plans that can participate. It lists a number of areas that HHS must control through these standards. HHS can use this authority to impose its view on how health care should be delivered” (Hoff, 2010)
Source: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/09/implementing-obamacare-a-new-exercise-in-old-fashioned-central-planning
Now has much changed in six years, reality no! My first class for this degree program was Health Policy and Economics, and during analytical research on a wide-range of topics reality shows that government control with regards to access, cost and quality is far reaching across a wide spectrum of the Health Care
An interesting perspective, once again from The Heritage Foundation, the opinion being offered was presented on September 10th, 2010 so it is a bit dated, but it does bring to the forefront the overall impact of government control within an agency that is listed as HHS or Human Health Services. The opinion being delivered is from John S. Hoff. The article is listed as: Backgrounder #2459 on Health Care, Obamacare. It is titled: Implementing Obamacare: …show more content…
PPACA requires HHS to develop standards for the exchanges to use in certifying the plans that can participate. It lists a number of areas that HHS must control through these standards. HHS can use this authority to impose its view on how health care should be delivered” (Hoff, 2010)
Source: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/09/implementing-obamacare-a-new-exercise-in-old-fashioned-central-planning
Now has much changed in six years, reality no! My first class for this degree program was Health Policy and Economics, and during analytical research on a wide-range of topics reality shows that government control with regards to access, cost and quality is far reaching across a wide spectrum of the Health Care