Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is part of the executive branch and presides over much of the health care within the country by implementing health policy. Through policy, some of the most significant advances in the 20th century have occurred. The health of the population has been greatly improved by the government’s management of immunizations, motor-vehicle safety, workplace safety, safe and healthy food handling, family planning, fluoridation of drinking water, control…

United States healthcare system? There are so many things I have discovered about each country. Healthcare systems are designed to restore and/or maintain health. Cuba and Switzerland have universal healthcare systems. Depending on which country you live in will determine whether healthcare is free or not. As I research these three countries, I have discovered that the lack of technology, the cost of healthcare coverage, and the population all factors into how the healthcare systems work around…

Gatekeeping within Healthcare Systems A healthcare system can be defined as a series of interactions between an individual and a professional care-giver under circumstances involving health (Gilles, 2003). The healthcare system is then often divided into three sectors; primary, secondary, and tertiary care (Bodenheimer and Grumbach, 2009). Primary healthcare involves the treatment and prevention of common health problems in a community based setting. Secondary care focuses on the healthcare…

The US Health System is one the most expensive in the world. The US population pays a large sum of money to get what? Poor Quality, little to no insurance coverage and poor access to care. The US population needs health care coverage and insurance plans to stay healthy, to work and to be a productive member in society. The healthcare system as a whole is lacking the watchfulness that it needs to care for the people that live here. We need to make a change in how we provide care for those who…

The healthcare system of the United States is one of the most expensive healthcare systems in the world when compared to the other developed nations and countries. In spite of high investments and spending on healthcare, efficiency in treatment, equity in care and access to health has still been a question mark. Most of the spending comes from the government through various programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans Services. The health insurance to the public is also provided majorly by the…

providing medical services to ensure physical and mental health. Universal and privatized health care are the two most prominent health care systems, these systems contrast the other in many different ways. Each of these health care systems favor on demographic in particular, either rich or middle class. There are many different believers that one health care system is better than the other for many different reasons. In the case of Private health care, what is paid for is what will be received.…

Health care access is very important. It allows all people to get care from many different places around the world. There are many ways that access to health care impacts the people who use it. Heath care access impacts, the physical, social, and mental status of people, the prevention of disease and disability, treatment of conditions, quality of life, and life expectancy (Access of Health Services, 2016). For people to have access to quality health care it is vital that health insurance…

regardless of their ability to pay or against tight fiscal environments at federal, state, and local levels. Although, AF receives federal section 330 grants from the Public Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, these funds have not kept pace with growing needs or economic changes within the health care industry. Thus, to remain financial viable in the future, it is recommended that AF focus on,…

Maria shared that for the first 5 years of their marriage, they travelled back and forth from San Luis, Arizona to Salinas, California. Maria reported that each year they would stay in a different house. Maria stated that living in Salinas was renting a room in a house where they usually had to share the house with two other families. Maria shared that Jose…

not qualify for Medicaid and the state did not adequately cover the treatment that they needed and would be an additional burden on their families. By enrolling the individuals that were covered previously by the state, into the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state’s Medicaid program, the state should see a saves. This settlement allows these individuals the best chance to have a productive life, through housing, job training, employment…