Interest Groups In Healthcare

3. Explain how the United States has both market and social justice of health care. Market justice assumes that consumers are financially stable and are willing to purchase health care services at market prices. Under market justice, the distribution health services are significantly based on the consumer’s ability to pay for adequate services (Shi & Singh, 2013, p. 41). The problem with market justice is that without adequate income or health insurance through employment people find themselves uninsured or underinsured and reliant on government intervention. Social justice views health services as a social good instead of an economic good. Under social justice, health services are collectively financed and distributed by the government, …show more content…
Examples of interest groups include the American Hospital Association, American Cancer Society, and the American Nurses Association. These interest groups are advocates for healthcare reform. For example, the American Hospital Association spent $20 million on lobbying on 2011 against dismantling the healthcare law because it would extend health coverage to millions of Americans (Young, 2012). Interest groups have a significant influence on healthcare policy by using influence, communication, negotiation, conflict management, critical thinking, and problem solving skills to reach the desired …show more content…
Telemedicine and E-health technology have made it possible for patients in urban and rural communities to gain access to critical health services. Telemedicine includes remote diagnosis of patients through telecommunications technology. Telemedicine involves a variety of medical activities such as teleconsulting and virtual collaboration with multiple physicians, tele-home care, remote diagnosis, and remote surgery (Hansen 2006). The benefits of telemedicine are improved access, cost efficiency, and patient demand. Telemedicine improves access to care providing access to care through channel other than physical presence. Patients do not have to be in the same physical location as the physician to receive treatment. Cost reduction is a motivator to fund and adopt telemedicine technologies. E-health is also becoming more and more population because of improved access to Internet services in the population. E-health includes health information and services offered through the Internet. Common health websites include Mayo Clinic and the National Institute for Health. Access to health information, health services, and providers through the Internet empowers patients (Shi & Singh, 2013, p.