Health insurance in the United States

and feedback. The most pertinent health care policy issue with the potential to transform the way health care is delivered today is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which came into law in March 2010. The Shared Savings Program and the Innovation Center’s Pioneer Model, “patients will be able to voluntarily enroll in accountable care and in exchange, have their co-pays reduced or eliminated for some services, such as primary-care visits” states Evans (2015) in the article…

will regulate the cost of drugs and not allow pharmaceutical companies to charge what they want. Is it really a free market? An individual living in the United States cannot select their own medication because doctors prescribe them for their patients. Furthermore, a patient cannot search for alternative medications in the market because the insurance provides a limited selection. While that is happening a patient living in the…

Health care costs in the U.S. are continuously increasing. Some people believe that having a universal care system would be beneficial because it will result in decreased costs and increase everyone's admission to care. There are some people who disagree with that idea, as they believe that having a universal care system would be too expensive, and the quality of care wouldn't be substantial. It is also stated in the article that medical expenses are the cause of 50% of bankruptcy filings.…

relation to health care provision, there are three central models. These models include private insurance, social insurance and national health service. Private insurance contrasts from the latter two as it has virtually no state involvement with the provision or funding of health care services (Blank et al., 2018, p. 8). As for social insurance and national health service, there are several similarities and differences between the two health care provision models. The social insurance model…

important thing in a person’s life should be their health. Without proper care complications can arise that will stop an individual from doing anything else. With this in mind, it might be astonishing to think that a lot of people in our city do not have any form of health coverage to help them with the medical expenses that may arise from any unexpected medical complication. It is a fact that a lot of people in El Paso do not have health insurance, the question is why is this the case? Why is…

Children’s Health Multiple studies have established that in the United States a discrepancy exists between healthcare services provided to children of minorities and the rest of the population. The problem is so evident that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality was directed by congress to report on disparities annually beginning in 2003 (AHRQ, 2014). The unequal distribution of healthcare to disadvantaged families has a direct measurable impact on children’s health. The causes of…

As a Radiological Technologist working in New York City’s health care system one encounters an environment filled with diversity. We as professionals will be exposed to all types of cultures, ethnic backgrounds and religious beliefs. It is important for us to be aware and cultivated in many different cultural practices that will affect how we provide healthcare in a big city like New York. We should be prepared to communicate and interact with these types of patients while still providing them…

Humana Humana, a leading managed health care company, was founded by David A. Jones Sr. and Wendell Cherry in 1961 as a nursing home company called Extendicare. In 1961 two lawyers in Louisville, Kentucky, built a nursing home, pledging $1,000 apiece together with four friends. Wendell Cherry and David Jones--cofounders of that first home, Heritage House--were soon approached with other offers to buy and build nursing homes. Expansion was rapid in the first seven years, and the two men added…

Canadas Healthcare The United States should adopt the Canadians universal healthcare system because it not only lowers costs, but it saves many lives that cannot pay for it. Healthcare should be a right as a citizen whether you’re poor or not. Universal healthcare helps many people throughout the world and is always favorited over the American way of healthcare. Universal healthcare is a healthcare system that provides healthcare and financial protection to all citizens of a particular country.…

known as Obama Care. The Health Bill is a pdf on the internet that says, “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will accomplish a fundamental transformation of health insurance in the United States through shared responsibility.” This is the law President Obama put in place for health insurance. Though Obama Care is affordable it is not worth having. Many people around the country have Obama Care either because they support Obama or they cannot afford other health cares. 11.7 million…