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Health Issue To start off, the definition of a refugee according to the World Health Organization is, “A refugee is someone who fears being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. A refugee is outside the country of his or her nationality, and is unable to, or unwilling to be protected by that country.” That being said, the issue of interest was the Syrian refugee crisis because of how recent it is and how much this…

and promote higher education. Someone once told me you make a difference from the inside, by using education to get people back in school will give them better opportunities in life so they are not pitted to circumstances where something such as insurance can affect their quality of life. In closing, we’ve put millions of Americans in financial binds and increased health concerns because we have yet to switch to a universal healthcare system. In speaking about my story, I hope I am able to bring…

worker and two nurses whom case management the patients in the hospital. Continuum of Care involvement with the hospital consist of the patients care in the hospital and patient discharge. Also, including if a patient has no insurance coverage, their job is to assist health insurance for the patient. The Second Leader operates Controller/Accounting/Material MGMT./Payroll. (Social Work Description) MRMC is structured of a non-profit…

healthcare treatments. Medicare As GAH/CC exclusively serves senior patients, the strategic financial team recognizes the sole reimbursement source of this specific demographic will exist as the Federal Medicare health insurance. Since 1965, Medicare, the nation’s largest health insurance program, has provided health coverage for people, age 65 and over, with fixed payments for diagnostic and/or treatment procedures. After various federal payment methods occurred over the years, Medicare…

result in increased costs and not improve health outcomes. The pros of having a policy geared towards rescue/ treatment is having state and federal officials can reduce the burden on emergency department by expanding patient access to private health insurance, separating emergency services planning from hospital planning, promoting private-sector alternatives for urgent care, and freeing hospitals to specialize in nonemergency medical care, (O’Shea, 2007). By implementing a policy with these…

federal poverty level (CMS.gov, 2013). The new federal poverty level is beneficial is the sense that it is covering a wider population of uninsured throughout the nation. This would be perfect if the nation accepted this as a creditable and honorable insurance to partake in. Medicaid users have been treated poorly and undeserving for decades, but ACA was…

(2013). Training providers: Beyond the basics of electronic health records. BMC Health Services Research 13(503), 1-13. doi:101186/1472-6963-13-503 Chute, C. G [Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing]. (2015, November 4). Nursing outlook: Nursing informatics [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW745NZON5Y Cook, J. (2014). The HITECH act and electronic health records ' limitation in coordinating…

Many are affected by lack of availability, high cost, and lack of insurance. Health care access is a major step in obtaining the American dream, because receiving quality care service leads to a healthier life of individuals and families in the community. In the area of Aurora, Kaiser Permanente provides health care benefits for its employees. Benefits offered are; life insurance, disability coverage, health and dental coverage, and many other services. While there are many…

in other OECD countries and follow strict regulations to cut costs. In addition, medical malpractice cases in the US make risk-averse people go through extra tests and scans, also known as “defensive medicine” (Ginsburg 2012: 19). The costs of insurance premiums against the malpractice and lawsuits are already a great weight on health expenses, and the defensive medicine costs also contributed to it. Moreover, fraud cases in Medicare and Medicaid cause an extra spending and waste each year…

The debate about providing health insurance for everyone is a heated debate. Personally, I do not think that people have a right to health insurance, but everyone should have an opportunity to gain health insurance, if they prefer. The previous system of delivering healthcare was in desperate need of reformation, but the approach of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is too drastic and has strained an already stressed system. As a country, programs should be put into place to help the disabled,…