Health Care Jobs: Article Analysis

The beginning of the article started off very strong with the Republican views on how replacing theAffordable Care Act/ Obamacare seems to be beneficial because Americans believe that the government needs to provide healthcare for all which is “Medicare for all.” Throughout government; the left and right sides do not see eye to eye but in this discussion, they both seem to acknowledge the likelihood of this new system.

The medical field is a career path that brings about many options and opportunities of great value. The noble idea of being a doctor tends to cloud the diligent studying and precise training that is actually required for this career. I have wanted to become a doctor since a very young age, and now that the opportunity is here for the taking, I have fully researched what it takes to succeed in this profession and various specialties of the practice. The road to a medical degree is one filled with thousands of notes, years of schooling, and many stressful nights, but the reward is one incomparable to any other. Saving people’s lives on a day-to-day basis has been one of my dreams for as long as I can remember, so the rigorous curriculum

Health care spending in the United States of America as a percentage of the economy has reached astonishing heights, equating to 17.7 percent. This number is shocking when compared to other counties; in Australia health care is 8.9 percent, in United Kingdom 9.4 percent, in Canada 11.2 percent. If the American health care system were to hypothetically become its own economy, it would be the fifth-largest in the world. While these statistics sound troubling, they lead us to look for answers about the problems surrounding our system. The first health insurance company was created in the 1930s to give all American families an equal opportunity for hospital care and eventually led to a nationwide economic and social controversy that erupted in the 1990s and continued to be shaped by the government, insurance companies, doctors, and American citizens. In this paper, I will go in to detail about the various opinions regarding the controversy, the history behind health insurance companies, and the main dilemmas brought out by the health care crisis. Greedy insurance companies combined with high costs of doctor visits and pharmaceutical drugs or the inefficient hospitals all over America can only describe the beginning to this in depth crisis. Recently, the United States health care industry has become know for the outrageous costs of insurance models, developments of various social and health services programs, and the frequent changes in medicinal technology.

I chose California’s average Medical Assistant hiring rate and wage for 2012-2015 as my topic for my final topic. This topic relates to my work because it will show me how likely I will be able to find a job as a Medical Assistant in California. It will also give me an idea of what my hourly, monthly, and yearly pay will be. The pay and hiring rate in California will help me in the future with my job because it will allow me to know if I will be able to find a Medical Assisting job in California easily or not, and it will also be able to help me see about how much I will be making every month so I can calculate my monthly budget. My topic of California’s average pay and hiring rate also gives me a little bit of information about other jobs in the medical field as well that I need to know for my future goals and planning.

One of the issues is the increasing cost of healthcare which is dominating the health policy in U.S. this is accompanied by an increase in spending on healthcare. According to projections by the government, the spending on medical care will continue to rise. U.S spends more money on health care than any other nation globally (Holtz, 2013). The increase in the spending is as a result of improved tools for disease diagnosis, better surgical interventions among others. This raises an issue for the policy makers on the maximum GDP percentage that a country has to spend on healthcare, and whether the nation will afford the cost that is continually growing. In contemplating any change in the health policy, policy makers should consider the cost of the healthcare and the ability of the nation to support that high cost.

Close to half of each dollar spent on healthcare is inefficiently used both at a clinical and administrative level. Three other areas that funds are not appropriately in are insurer overhead and profit and over priced pharmaceuticals. Projected figures for the first year estimate that just in administrative costs alone the citizenry should see approximately twenty billion dollars worth of savings in the first year. Another area that will put approximately $5.2 billion dollars back into the budget will be that this program will allow the state purchasing power for mass quantity pharmaceuticals and durable equipment. Finally by increasing the emphasis on preventative care and making a primary care physician available to all will add another $3.4 billion. Last but definitely not least, it is estimated that this bill will dramatically reduce fraud approximately $800 billion dollars in healthcare spending. Total savings for the first year are projected to be approximately $29 billion dollars. The projected plan is to use this money for the purpose of providing healthcare to the populous that is currently without health insurance. With these savings and more efficient use of funds all residents will have comprehensive healthcare that at this point was leaving twelve million without it as well as not increase spending (Amaro

Bernstein is very familiar with medical and healthcare terminology, much more so than the average person; however, his language is familiar enough for an educated reader to follow along. With his experience as a blogger, he uses casual language to explain the economic side of the doctor shortage. Bernstein addresses, “The organization called on Congress to raise the federal cap on slots for medical residents at teaching hospitals by 3,000 annually, at a cost it estimated would be about $1 billion per year.” Most people don’t know what a medical residency is and how it works, but Bernstein’s language indicates that a residency, which is a part of a physician’s training, involves the government’s money and the limited number of slots at a hospital. This helps the reader better understand that job and educational opportunities are still limited for doctors, thus contributing to a doctor shortage. The use of diction helps Bernstein effectively explain the economic side of the anticipated

The CMS states “In 2014, national health spending is projected to increase to 7.4 percent, or 2.1 percentage-points faster than in the absence of reform as the major coverage expansions from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are expected to result in 22 million fewer uninsured people” ("Public Health Care Needs," 2012, p. 1). The complexity of health care spending and funding is a hot topic in the federal government, the media, and consumer. In this students experience many patients are aware that changes are coming, but the patients are very opinionated by their like or dislike of the President of the United States. This student has found through daily

Article 1 claims that the establishment of a universal healthcare system would benefit the United states.This article supports its claim by providing Logos, Ethos, and Pathos in its argument. Examples of logos found in the text include, a statistic that states that in 2005 about 45 million Americans did not have health insurance. By including this statement, the editorial makes it it clear that many people in the US will benefit from a universal system of healthcare and makes the reader wonder how these people pay for doctor visits. In addition, the editorial states that the World Health Organization ranked the US at number 37th in terms of quality of care and adult morality rate. This gives the editorial a backbone so to speak since it

In recent years, health care has been a huge topic in public debates, legislations, and even in deciding who will become the next president. There have been many acts, legislations, and debates on what the country has to do in regards to health care. According to University of Phoenix Read Me First HCS/235 (n.d.), “How health care is financed influences access to health care, how health care is delivered, the quality of health care provided, and its cost”.

Connors, E.E. and Gostin, L.O., “Health Care Reform-A Historic Moment in US Social Policy.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 303, 2521-2522.

The author uses an anecdotal story of a metropolitan area called McAllen located in Hidalgo County, Texas. McAllen is an impoverished small town where residence earn $12,000 a year on average, yet has the highest health care costs in the country besides for the massive metropolitan area of Miami. Medicare spends $15,000 dollars a year per person in this area which is $3,000 more than the residences earn in a year. Spending on health care now consumes $1 dollar of every $6 an American earns. The strain of American’s health care system has hurt major companies trying to pay outrageous costs for their employee’s coverage which makes the US less open to foreign investment unlike other western countries. When comparing McAllen to El Paso which both

The paper is broken up in to three sections. In section one, we will discuss the problems with the American Healthcare system and we will try and clear up some of the often misrepresented facts about the healthcare problems and solutions to fix them. In section two, we will present some of the solutions being put forward to fix the healthcare system, including plans by both Presidential Candidates

Healthcare in the United States of America is a tremendous asset for the American people. It is both a crucial and important factor that can ultimately decide their overall well-being and either prolong or shorten their lives. Setting aside the medical background of healthcare, what I found most impactful from Professor Lewis’s lecture and classes was the fact that healthcare in the United States is the largest economic driver. I always understood that healthcare was an enormous part of the American economy but I would have never expected it to be the single most influential financial resource. This demonstrated that the job market in the healthcare field has tremendous potential and openings in the future.

An article in the Upstate Business Journal discusses why the raising of hospital standards for nurses could leave South Carolina in a nursing shortage. Hospitals in South Carolina and other states are requiring their nurses to have a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) or return to school within a specific amount of time to obtain their BSN. Hospitals are making this switch because studies have shown that more nurses within a hospital system with a four year degree or higher, increases positive patient outcomes. Unfortunately for South Carolina, this switch could decrease the amount of qualified nurses in their state. SC does not currently have the educational capacity to educate this increase number of nurses returning for advanced