National health insurance

Canada and America had similar health care systems since both were colonies of England and they had common political, cultural, and economic structure, which they also shared similar religious traditions, health diseases and healing methods for their health care systems. Although they had many similarities, the delivery of health care system changed in 1961when the democratic government of Saskatchewan, Tommy Douglas, stepped in and proposed a national health care insurance program that…

A further study by Ellis, et al. (2013) found that budgeted spending was often not ascribable to precise individuals, which tended to hinder the policymakers due to the level of detail and the variation in health care spending being difficult to explain. The data used in Ellis, et al. (2013) study included the NSW Admitted Patient Data Collection, with one record per separation, the NSW Emergency Department presentation data, with one record per presentation, the Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS)…

In United States of America, there has been a change in health policy after the lawmakers came together to rectify the flaws in our limited healthcare. With the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the national health focus has been shifted towards disease prevention and health promotion. The affordable care act provides the largest coverage of behavioral health in history. Under the Affordable Care Act, health plans must cover preventive care which in previous years was not catered without copayment and…

more comprehensive visit that clearly did not occur. Two explanations - an honest mistake or you were intentionally overcharged by upcoding. Upcoding? What’s that? Upcoding is the deceitful medical billing practice that costs you money and perhaps health as well. It refers to a practice, in which a provider bills a payer, whether private, Medicaid or Medicare utilizing a CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) code for a more costly administration than what was performed. In other words, it’s a…

minimize malpractice liability (Santry et al., 2014). A number of physicians carry malpractice insurance which cover defense costs and any award that is paid. The price of malpractice system depends on geographic area and specialty and are arbitrated in state courts. Malpractice lawsuits are met by several effects. The tort reform has affects the claim frequency, the payment to claimants and incentives given to health workers to protect themselves from liability. These actions have an overall…

Insurance benefits (commonly referred to as an EOB form) is a statement that is sent by a health insurance company to covered individuals explaining what medical treatments and/or services were paid for on their behalf. Congress passed the Employers’ Liability Acts of 1906 and 1908, which made contributory negligence doctrines less restrictive. Between 1898 and 1909, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Montana made an attempt (but failed) to pass workers’ compensation acts. Wisconsin passed…

Canadian citizens. National healthcare (often referred to as “Medicare” is comprehensive, universal, and accessible for all. Although only 75% of Canadian healthcare is provided by federal, provincial and territorial governments, the system is generally known as a "single payer" system. Healthcare in Canada is governed by Canada Health Act of 1984. The federal government is responsible for funding and facilitating data gathering, research into regulating prescription drugs and public health…

The NHS has been through many transformations since its inception in 1948. Highlight some of the key issues the NHS is facing today (this includes the “Save our NHS” campaign). National Health Service (NHS) was founded in July 1948. The NHS aimed to provide excellent healthcare to the people in United Kingdom unmindful about being rich or poor. The government planned to finance the NHS only from taxation by the individual contribution to taxes through their working income. As more people…

maintaining one’s health. With changes in the law and policies that govern healthcare such as the Affordable Care Act recently enacted, more and more individuals are being afforded the opportunity to obtain health insurance and seek medical attention. Over the years however, an area in the healthcare industry that has been left behind in seeing significant changes in regards to healthcare access is in Mental Health. Although today more Americans have access to health insurance, getting access to…

important objective of the health care policy is equity (Hajizadeh, Connelly, & Butler, 2014). However, there are a number of literary sources that provide evidence that what is meant by equity has been debated and disagreed over (Hajizadeh, et al. 2014). The ability to pay, and the distribution of health care services according to need, has been largely agreed to by policymakers as well as the general public (Hajizadeh, et al. 2014). The tax system, a health insurance system, or the…