Healthcare reform

There is a flaw in most medical insurance companies. Most citizens in America are paying double for medical insurance. They are paying a monthly premium and on top of that when a medical emergency occurs and the customer is billed they pay 100% of that amount until the deductible is met. Deductibles are applied to benefit the medical insurance company. I agree that a deductible should be paid but just not the substantial amount that companies charge. The deductible may vary from each plan. The…

Accounts Receivable are monies due for services or goods provided to an individual. As stated in Pearson's Medical Assisting in Chapter 18, page 407, the seven step billing cycle begins with a) the patient receiving service, and g) ending when payments due from the patient and insurance payers are received and credited to the patient/s account/s. These steps include the b) the patient's co-pay, and the deductible and/or co-insurance if applicable. c) the provider then bills insurance; d)…

There may be an upside to economic recessions, as health tends to improve for Americans during recessions. This is counterintuitive as traditional thinking suggests that economic development would lead to a better healthcare system and better health. During recessions, unemployment rates rise resulting in Americans working less. Recent studies suggest that “for every 1 percent increase in unemployment during recessions, we’re seeing a 0.5 percent drop in adult mortality rate.” This emphasizes…

Kingdom has universal healthcare. This means that Ann’s family did not have to pay large bills for her husband to be admitted into the hospital. However, she explains in her story that during her husband’s last days he was not treated properly. “ ...(He lay there) with an oxygen mask so small it cut into his face and pumped cold air into his infected eye… nurses treated...him... with coldness, resentment, indifference and even contempt". Eventually Ann concludes that universal healthcare may…

Medicare Part D is a federal program that reduces the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare recipients. To become eligible for Part D coverage you must be entitled to Medicare Part A and B. Beneficiaries can receive coverage by selecting from a pair of private plans: Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) for drug coverage only or they can choose Medicare Advantage (MA), which is a plan that covers both medical services and prescription drugs. The changes that will affect Medicare will not change…

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has implemented intervention programs within 16 states to combat prominent public health issues within America. However this paper take a closer look at the intervention program implemented in the state of Arkansas. The intervention program named The Arkansas Disability and Health Program, was funded by the National Center on Birth Defects and Disabilities. Their aim for this intervention program was to promote good health of Arkansans with…

overall cost of Medicare. One possible way to implement these alterations would be to tie the Medicare eligibility age to the average life expectancy. Conversely, raising the Medicare eligibility age could be detrimental by universally raising healthcare costs for…

In the documentary film Sick Around America follows individuals around America with different medical scenarios and their experience with the health care system. The film starts out with a family who had a million-dollar baby to insurance companies. But this family did not have to worry about the cost because the father had a job at Microsoft. He had health insurance through them, so they end up paying for all bills from the baby. However, this is a rare case in America that individuals are…

Veterans are not getting the care that they need. To begin, veterans in cities have to wait a long period of time to get the appointment that they need. Individuals who use VA Regional office can wait up to twelve to eighteen before getting an appointment ("introduction to do Veterans receive adequate health care"1). This is too long of a wait period for some because, some of the veterans have life threatening injuries compared to the common cold. Also, many veterans are not receiving any…

Healthcare should be free because some people can not pay for a visit. Someone can be really ill and need a trip to the doctors but it is expensive to pay for it. There are times i’ve seen where adults and/or children have been in car accidents and those people result in being hurt. It is not those people’s fault that someone else caused an accident and so therefore there should be healthcare for those type of people who aren’t really the cause of an injury. If people have and can afford health…