Healthcare can be defined as the preservation and enhancement of overall health, mental and physical, provided through medical services. These services can deal with the management, as well as prevention of diseases through medicine, public health, physical therapy, oral and vision care, and clinical psychology. Health care practices are made up of licensed professionals that strive to help individuals or a society, maintain a health conscious lifestyle that leads to becoming a healthy being. Primary health care is funded either two ways, publically or privately. However, there are countries around the world that unfortunately still have restricted access to healthcare, meaning that there may not be health care systems in place or the system
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This country is an example of a health care system that is fundamentally private, leaving most of the population uninsured with no access to health services. Private health care is paid for by the patient, usually through private health insurance. The majority of covered residents receive their insurance through an employer or simply by paying out-of-pocket for it. There is an inability to control the costs of health care in the U.S. generating medical access issues for low-income residents. As stated in the article Medicare versus Medicaid, there are two types of public health insurance within the USA- Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare is an unchanging national public health insurance program for the elderly and citizens with disabilities that pays a portion of the costs. Medicaid delivers partial coverage for the eligible specific groups within the population following the criteria that they must be low income as well as disabled, blind, pregnant, under 21 or over 65, have minor children, or new to the country (Medicare made Clear, 2015). These expenses will grow exponentially as less people will be able to afford it and the cost will need to be absorbed by the remaining customers. When an individual must see a physician, they will often choose the cheapest doctor simply because that is all they can afford. The more financially stable a person is the better …show more content…
The difference between public and private or, Canadian and American health care, would be that Canadians receive health care while Americans buy it. The private health care system is not structured as a beneficial system for patients because it is completely profit driven. This structure is unaffordable and will become more expensive as the price of living does. Out-of-pocket health care puts a patient’s outcome in their own hands, meaning they will receive whatever they can afford. This creates barriers within a population such as: the upper class who can support themselves, the working class who relies on their employer to provide them with the costly insurance, and the individuals who unfortunately have extremely limited access to primary health services. The system providing care through taxation, does not cover 100% of all services, but makes essential healthcare services equally accessible to all citizens of the country remaining completely unbiased. Canada, as well as many countries, does not publicly fund for eye or dental care, as well as cosmetic improvements. The access to health care services plays a huge role in accommodating the basic needs of people who need it. Society will have their opinion on which form of healthcare is better or more desirable, but realistically public and private health care systems can learn
This country is an example of a health care system that is fundamentally private, leaving most of the population uninsured with no access to health services. Private health care is paid for by the patient, usually through private health insurance. The majority of covered residents receive their insurance through an employer or simply by paying out-of-pocket for it. There is an inability to control the costs of health care in the U.S. generating medical access issues for low-income residents. As stated in the article Medicare versus Medicaid, there are two types of public health insurance within the USA- Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare is an unchanging national public health insurance program for the elderly and citizens with disabilities that pays a portion of the costs. Medicaid delivers partial coverage for the eligible specific groups within the population following the criteria that they must be low income as well as disabled, blind, pregnant, under 21 or over 65, have minor children, or new to the country (Medicare made Clear, 2015). These expenses will grow exponentially as less people will be able to afford it and the cost will need to be absorbed by the remaining customers. When an individual must see a physician, they will often choose the cheapest doctor simply because that is all they can afford. The more financially stable a person is the better …show more content…
The difference between public and private or, Canadian and American health care, would be that Canadians receive health care while Americans buy it. The private health care system is not structured as a beneficial system for patients because it is completely profit driven. This structure is unaffordable and will become more expensive as the price of living does. Out-of-pocket health care puts a patient’s outcome in their own hands, meaning they will receive whatever they can afford. This creates barriers within a population such as: the upper class who can support themselves, the working class who relies on their employer to provide them with the costly insurance, and the individuals who unfortunately have extremely limited access to primary health services. The system providing care through taxation, does not cover 100% of all services, but makes essential healthcare services equally accessible to all citizens of the country remaining completely unbiased. Canada, as well as many countries, does not publicly fund for eye or dental care, as well as cosmetic improvements. The access to health care services plays a huge role in accommodating the basic needs of people who need it. Society will have their opinion on which form of healthcare is better or more desirable, but realistically public and private health care systems can learn