The third largest source of medical insurance in the United States is Medicaid. This program makes for affordable health care for those who are unable to support of afford the costs of it. Medicaid covers millions of low income individuals. Since it is a government funded and based program drug screening should be necessary to stop welfare fraud and unnecessary funding for drug abusers. Medicaid is a government program that is established to help low income individuals with receiving health care, it discourages life-long dependency on the program. In order to save money and time but still require drug testing for Medicaid is to rationalize and evaluate recipients that are either suspicious for drug use or abusing drug prescriptions. The issue
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Any untreated individuals that were using the Medicaid system should be detected and resourced to rehabilitation facilities before further health issues arise. Within the Medicaid program drug abuse rates are high, which in response takes a toll in costs for the medical care system. (Gerson, L. 2010) With the amount of drug causing diseases increasing the amount of medical care needed for those on Medicaid is a main concern to the cost and benefits of the program itself. The program of Medicaid is not to be seen as a source of life long dependency for health insurance. The system was created to ensure healthcare for low income individuals when in need. There are many Medicaid managed care programs that are applied in numerous states in effect of the increasing in the Medicaid programs costs. Having standardized initiative testing for all of the recipients of Medicaid will be morally valuable to help the lower class get the help that they need and allow the people that aren’t abusing drugs get the help they deserve. The cost that comes with the standardized drug testing will be worth the struggle by rehabilitating and helping the addicts that were unemployed become sober and even hold a job relieving them of Medicaid …show more content…
Resources are already available to healthcare providers to either suggest drug tests or refer to rehabilitation. With the use of electronic medical records the potential to provide substantial befits too many practices. They help manage and approve reduced costs and financial benefits along with previous medical records. (Wang, S. 2013) With all of this information being available to them they should be able to require a drug test without being unreasonable. Since there is never a better or more beneficial course of treatment, the information and discussion between patient and provider should be a crucial act in all health situations. Written documents, interactive learning videos and classes can help with the processes of the decision making process. With this knowledge they would be more likely to change values or health choices. With this section of 3506 of the ACA claims that this beneficiary information’s would empower the federal health programs and help with unnecessary spending. (Wang, S. 2013) In the case of Ferguson v. Charleston is an example of how the process is used. They showed expecting mothers videos of what doing cocaine and other hard drugs would do to their child. When the hospital was done showing all of the videos
Any untreated individuals that were using the Medicaid system should be detected and resourced to rehabilitation facilities before further health issues arise. Within the Medicaid program drug abuse rates are high, which in response takes a toll in costs for the medical care system. (Gerson, L. 2010) With the amount of drug causing diseases increasing the amount of medical care needed for those on Medicaid is a main concern to the cost and benefits of the program itself. The program of Medicaid is not to be seen as a source of life long dependency for health insurance. The system was created to ensure healthcare for low income individuals when in need. There are many Medicaid managed care programs that are applied in numerous states in effect of the increasing in the Medicaid programs costs. Having standardized initiative testing for all of the recipients of Medicaid will be morally valuable to help the lower class get the help that they need and allow the people that aren’t abusing drugs get the help they deserve. The cost that comes with the standardized drug testing will be worth the struggle by rehabilitating and helping the addicts that were unemployed become sober and even hold a job relieving them of Medicaid …show more content…
Resources are already available to healthcare providers to either suggest drug tests or refer to rehabilitation. With the use of electronic medical records the potential to provide substantial befits too many practices. They help manage and approve reduced costs and financial benefits along with previous medical records. (Wang, S. 2013) With all of this information being available to them they should be able to require a drug test without being unreasonable. Since there is never a better or more beneficial course of treatment, the information and discussion between patient and provider should be a crucial act in all health situations. Written documents, interactive learning videos and classes can help with the processes of the decision making process. With this knowledge they would be more likely to change values or health choices. With this section of 3506 of the ACA claims that this beneficiary information’s would empower the federal health programs and help with unnecessary spending. (Wang, S. 2013) In the case of Ferguson v. Charleston is an example of how the process is used. They showed expecting mothers videos of what doing cocaine and other hard drugs would do to their child. When the hospital was done showing all of the videos