Health Care Insurance seems to be the major topic of discussion at this time. The health care reform debate has been a rising issue for several years. The Affordable Care Act expands access to millions of Americans. It focuses on increasing coverage, minimizing cost and the social burden of health care to individuals. Health Care is very crucial to everyone, but not affordable to everyone. Plans should be put in place to help the American people. No one should feel forced to choose a plan that will not benefit them. Americans need a health care system that the government cannot control. Customers should have the skills to christen how to meet their health insurance needs. Civilians should gain from a more profitable and affordable system. Buyers
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Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of families, through promoting healthier lifestyles, injury prevention and control of infectious diseases (Flower). Comprehensive public health is distressed with protecting the health of the community. Due to the absence of health insurance coverage many consequences are subject to happen, which include lower quality of life, increased morbidity, and higher financial burdens. It is approximated that there are between 20,000 and 45,000 deaths a year due to the absence of health insurance coverage. Studies have shown that at least 130,000 Americans died between 2005 and 2010 due to lack of insurance coverage (Flower). Individuals are not likely to seek medical care with a family doctor. Several people skip out on protective care to save money. They often go without precautionary care and screenings. Often times, they go without medical …show more content…
Countless government health programs are damaged by fraud. Medicare and Medicaid fraud happens when someone knowingly bills the government for labor and supplies that were never provided. There are several different types of fraud that can be executed. Billing Medicare, and Medicaid for labor or equipment that is different from what they received is an example. Usage of someone else’s Medicare or Medicaid benefits to receive medical care, supplies, or equipment is another form of fraud. Billing Medicaid or Medicare for medical supplies after it has been returned to the company is another type of fraud. A few estimates suggest that as much as $60 billion in Medicare spending may involve fraud (Flower). In 2005 a New York Times exposé on Medicaid fraud quoted James Mehmet saying that, “10 percent of the state’s Medicaid spending constituted outright fraud.” Overall, Mehmet estimated that Medicaid spending totaled to at least $18 billion in New York State alone (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/preventing-health-care-fraud/). The states must achieve over and beyond to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse to keep costs down. Consequences should be in place to enhance penalties for the citizens who engage in fraudulent activity. In other words, these improvements would salvage the civilians some money and ensure Medicare and Medicaid for future generations. Protective care
Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of families, through promoting healthier lifestyles, injury prevention and control of infectious diseases (Flower). Comprehensive public health is distressed with protecting the health of the community. Due to the absence of health insurance coverage many consequences are subject to happen, which include lower quality of life, increased morbidity, and higher financial burdens. It is approximated that there are between 20,000 and 45,000 deaths a year due to the absence of health insurance coverage. Studies have shown that at least 130,000 Americans died between 2005 and 2010 due to lack of insurance coverage (Flower). Individuals are not likely to seek medical care with a family doctor. Several people skip out on protective care to save money. They often go without precautionary care and screenings. Often times, they go without medical …show more content…
Countless government health programs are damaged by fraud. Medicare and Medicaid fraud happens when someone knowingly bills the government for labor and supplies that were never provided. There are several different types of fraud that can be executed. Billing Medicare, and Medicaid for labor or equipment that is different from what they received is an example. Usage of someone else’s Medicare or Medicaid benefits to receive medical care, supplies, or equipment is another form of fraud. Billing Medicaid or Medicare for medical supplies after it has been returned to the company is another type of fraud. A few estimates suggest that as much as $60 billion in Medicare spending may involve fraud (Flower). In 2005 a New York Times exposé on Medicaid fraud quoted James Mehmet saying that, “10 percent of the state’s Medicaid spending constituted outright fraud.” Overall, Mehmet estimated that Medicaid spending totaled to at least $18 billion in New York State alone (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/preventing-health-care-fraud/). The states must achieve over and beyond to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse to keep costs down. Consequences should be in place to enhance penalties for the citizens who engage in fraudulent activity. In other words, these improvements would salvage the civilians some money and ensure Medicare and Medicaid for future generations. Protective care