Single-payer health care

high-quality health care at an affordable rate. Unfortunately, that is not the issue. From the health care debates, we recognize that a multitude of complicated and challenging problems involved. Each country 's health care system created base on the needs and demands of their country. Nonetheless, no one health care system alike, as they each share similarities and differences in many ways. Over the years, the health care systems has evolved to provide health care coverage, improve health care…

based more on business than to help those in need. Greedy insurance and pharmaceutical companies are taking the hard earned dollars of millions of people. Patients who need to seek medical care have no other choice than to pay out of pocket for thousands of dollars of care, or they can go without receiving the care at all. While other patients cannot afford to pay for medication necessary for their survival. The medical industry in our country needs a complete revamp, which puts the patients and…

and suggests “a Canadian-style single-payer health-care system” (Senator Bernie Sanders). Today in the USA many people have trouble affording health care. Instead of being a right for all, it is a privilege for some. The present health care system in the USA is too complicated. “Over 40 million people are uninsured and millions more people have inadequate health care coverage with high deductibles and copayments” (Bernie Sanders Video) Such characteristics of health care as infant mortality and…

The electronic health record system is intended to go beyond the data collected in a provider’s office and will entail a more comprehensive patient history. The EHRs will allow the patient's health records to move with them to other specialists, hospitals and health care providers. The system will enhance free choice of clinicians hence foster coordination with private and public community-based programs for children, infants, adolescents, and adults. It will also include a scope of services…

In Justice and the High Cost of Health, American philosopher Ronald Dworkin makes it evident that the prudent insurance ideal could be a possible approach in determining what sorts of health care society needs on the grounds of justice. There are two problems that need reform in American health care; the first is how much America should spend on health care overall, and the second is how should that health care be distributed among the people (242). The purpose of Dworkin’s prudent insurance…

Affordable Care Act is a little similar, and has gotten our country so much closer to gaining the Medicare-For-All policy. More than seventeen million Americans have gained health insurance from the Affordable Care Act. Millions of low-income Americans have coverage now, thanks to expanded eligibility in Medicaid, that exists in thirty-one states. Kids can now stay on their parents’ health plans until they’re twenty-six. Sanders was on the U.S. Senate committee that helped write the Affordable…

demand for health care services has experienced record growth which has led to an increase in employment rates. Ambulatory Health Care Services alone have projected an employment growth rate of 2.06% which is higher than any other sector (see figure 1) (IWIB Healthcare Taskforce, 2014). Much of this growth is due to changing federal regulations and the aging Baby Boomer population (cite). Since Primary Care accounts for 55% of all patient visits this growth will directly impact the way care is…

organizations look at health from a design, wellness, and risk management perspective. This type of healthcare understands that all healthcare is not equal and are trying to find ways to increase quality and decrease cost. In order to make sure patients receive the best care, the value-based system must coordinate and deliver services on a whole person level. The economic principles that are driving the shift from volume-based healthcare to value based healthcare is value for patients, health…

Congress in 2010.They were mandated to improve the quality and importance of evidence available to help patients, caregivers, clinicians, employers, insurers, and policy makers make informed health decisions. The goal of our work is to determine which of the many healthcare options available to patients and those who care for them work best in particular circumstances. They address the questions and concerns most relevant to patients, and we involve patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other…

#1A) In his paper “Rights to Health Care, Social Justice, and Fairness in Health Care Allocations: Frustrations in the Face of Finitude,” H. Tristram Engelhardt makes a distinction between the unfortunate and the unfair. According to him, injuries, disabilities, and diseases arising from natural causes are considered unfortunate. On the other hand, those situations become unfair when brought about by the doing of others. Engelhardt also notes that the result of someone’s unfair action should not…