State Children's Health Insurance Program

When the Affordable Care Act went into action in 2013, which required all people to acquire health insurance, it was in order to improve the quality of care, increase access to insurance and services, and lower the cost of care. In order to lower the cost of health care, changes by the insurance companies and hospitals had to be executed. Hospitals had to make adjustments to adapt to their new budget. As a result, changes made included position cuts and efficiency improvement. One very…

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…

The article, “Health Care Access, Use of Services, and Experiences among Undocumented Mexicans and other Latinos,” by Alexander Ortega (2014), compares access, use, and experiences with health care services. The author says that the Mexicans without proper authorization or citizenship have few visits to physicians compared to those that are US-born. Similar results were found among the Latinos who were undocumented. The reason why the undocumented immigrants were not willing to pay physicians…

Introduction: What is the Health Care Reform Bill Act and how did it come into existence? In March of 2010, President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which is normally known as Obamacare is an endeavor at Health Care reform. Healthcare reform is thought to be required due to soaring costs, low quality of care, Americans lacking medical coverage and to put a stop to healthcare fraud (Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs , 2014). In this paper I will discuss the ACA…

affordable health care as a national responsibility, with the great bulk of the dollars coming from taxpayers to fund the coverage expansion.” Since the 2012 elections, Obama has pushed for universal health care nationwide. President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called “Obamacare,” in March of 2010, and was designed to take effect January 1st, 2014. (Barr, 27) The way Obamacare works is that it carefully rations the services patients receive to reduce…

Health is described as the general fitness, where one is physically, mentally and socially active and well. It is the ability of an individual to adapt when facing mental, social and physical challenges. Every person depends on his or health for their day to day activities. A sick person cannot be able to do his/her work well. As a result, people try each day to learn every possible way to improve their health and maintain it. It is in this process when most people find it important to visit…

related to the epidemic are estimated to be 75 billion or more, taking up 4-7% of all health care cost (Dart, 2010). With this rising prevalence obesity has also become a worldwide health concern mainly being that as excessive weight gains within populations increase, the burden of several disease increases with it. In this paper, I will discuss the different burdens associated with the obesity…

Established in the 1930s by Henry J. Kaiser and Dr. Sidney as a health care program for construction, shipyard, and steel mill employees, in 1945 Kaiser Permanente (KP) opened enrollment to the public (Our History, 2016). Despite many challenges and set backs, KP has become one of the leading and largest healthcare providers in the United States (SPEC Associates, 2011; "Labor Management," n.d.). However, is KP ready to meet the health care needs of citizens in the next decade? This paper will…

Medicare is federal health insurance for people 65 and older individuals 65 and under with certain disabilities, and any person with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrig’s disease also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (Medicare Matters, n.d.). Medicare is one of the largest federal government programs that provide health care benefits to the elderly. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is the organization in control of the Medicare program. Three parts of…

The year 1965 the United States under the Johnson administration passed medicare as a social medical insurance for the elderly. Providing healthcare for anyone over 65, it was the largest healthcare reform act ever enacted in the U.S. Until March in 2010 President Obama authorized PPACA also known as Obamacare this is a health care act which allows all citizens to be eligible for health insurance and also makes it affordable with upgraded quality. A large part of Obama presidency was the…