Health Policies Of Developed And Undeveloped Countries

Health care systems are highly complex and require vast resources. Moreover, providing healthcare coverage to all citizens can be challenging for many countries. Different models and theories abound all over the world about how best to provide care and only the most developed countries have adequate resources to truly provide universal coverage to their citizens.

Globalization involves the movement of people, food, goods from one place to another. And in the process of countries integrating, people and goods move from one location to another. In as much as there is positive impact for people, goods and services to move from one country to another. There are chances that the people, goods and service in a county can be infected and taken across the border to another country. In the course of globalization people move from one country to another and they might have contacted diseases or the product that they are carrying across the border. Diseases such as AIDs, tuberculosis, malaria are the top among the list of the disease that is usually carried by people. But just as globalization increases the frequency and ease with which diseases can move around the world, it also can improve access to the medicines, medical information, and training that can help treat or cure these diseases. Drug companies and governments now have the ability to ship drugs to remote parts of the world affected by outbreaks of diseases. There are various options that can be used to lower the spread of global disease. Most countries usually have screening borders to check the people, food and

Johnson in 1965 and was designed as a social programs to provide medical services and hospital care to those with low incomes, fewer resources, and those with disabilities (CMS.gov, 2015). High unemployment, cramped living conditions, distances from modern health facilities, and lack of public transportation has caused many barriers for American Indians and Alaska Natives to access the services of modern medicine (Giger, 2013). This has caused these groups of people, though eligible for these federally funded health services, to seek treatment, care, and services from the Indian Health Service

The first child to ever be from using test tube techniques happened in the late 1970’s. Although many have applauded this new type of technology, there is an ethical issue on whether or not embryos should be created in test-tube knowing that fact that many are not implanted and have human development. “Octo-Mom” is a classic case that may have changed many people’s perception when it comes to in-vitro fertilization. Many felt that it was ethically wrong for her doctor to conduct that type of procedure to a woman who will not have the ability to provide adequate care for the well-being of her children who may have health issues.

Around the globe in countries from Australia and New Zealand to South American and North America there is a disparity in the quality of healthcare and life that indigenous people receive compared to their non-indigenous counterparts (Ring & Brown, 2003). Life expectancy for Aboriginals, the indigenous people of Australia is 19-21 years less than non-indigenous life expectancy; 5-7 years for the Maori population in New Zealand; and 5-7 years less for Native Americans in Canada (Ring and Brown, 2003). In the United States American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) live, on average, 4.2 years less than the rest of the population (Indian Health Disparities, 2015).

The program is unfortunately similar to VA health care veterans receive. For example most facilities are overcrowded, patients have trouble getting necessary treatment, making appointments, even emergency wait room times are exceedingly high. Patients have even died from being shuffled from department to department while waiting for treatment (Sickly Service 2014) & (Katerine 2000). All of these issues come down to funding. Currently, the United States federal budget includes $5.1 billion for the IHS to support and expand the provision of health care services and public health programs for American Indians and Alaska Natives. This is after funding was cut by 800 million in 2013. Additionally, there is currently a proposition to cut another 300 million by 2019. With this budget, and a provision of health benefits to 2.5 million Native Americans and Alaskan Natives that must be provided. It comes down to an average cost per patient of less than $3,000, far less than the average cost of $7,700 healthcare nationally, or for the other major federal health programs like Medicaid of $6,200 or Medicare of $12,000 (NCAI

Medical repatriation, a practice commonly termed as the transfer of uninsured immigrants with particular long-term care needs to facilities abroad. This has been considered as an economic requirement by the hospital administrators and as an unethical behavior of dumping patients by the lawyers. It is hard to analyze the number of medical repatriations as no state or federal agencies of the government track these deportations. In spite of such numbers, current government and state laws don 't specifically address repatriations. Rather, movement and Medicaid changes over the previous decade have made a true administrative system in

In 2010, the Affordable Care Act invoked a $75 millon dollar demonstration project known as the Medicad Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration that was amended in section 2707 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The change seemed to be just what the nation needed, however, there was fine print added to the amendment that changed the interpretation. The fine print stated, patients who are on Medicaid from the ages of 21-65 seeking inpatient mental health care can receive treatment under the law. However, the inpatient facility will receive no

Access to the communities is provided year round by Wasaya Airline and airstrips that are maintained by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. Of course, each Aboriginal community is unique with its own set of traditions and ways of healing but my observation after working within the communities for over ten years is that they all suffer from improperished conditions and substandard housing. The local economies are primarily based upon government services (Indian and Northern Affairs) (INAC) and small business. Most of the reserves have six hundred people or less, and each community has a nursing station. The nursing stations are well-maintained functional buildings built in or about the early 1960’s and are maintained by Health Canada. First Nations and Inuit Health (FNIH) maintains responsibility for primary care services in the majority of the northwest Ontario reserve communities. In the north, nurses are the primary care givers working in an extended scope of practice, and client care is centrally coordinated by nurses working within interdisciplinary teams. The majority of the nursing and medical staff working for FNIH in the Sioux Lookout zone are Caucasian and do not come from local communities. This could outwardly appear as a reinforcement of power relations in the racial identities. There is only very limited cultural training given to employees when they are employed by FNIH. Medical advice and

The number of American Indians in the health professions compared to the general United States population is very different. The reasons behind the lack of American Indians in the healthcare field include unfairness in education, healthcare and economic development opportunities. As a result of treaties signed between the U.S. and tribal governments, American Indians have a right to healthcare and education programs from birth. These programs, however are extremely underfunded (Warne, 2007).

For every nearby reservation, there is an Indian Hospital that is government funded for all Native Americans to receive free health care. I enjoy the convenient nature of when having health issues, I can depend on the Indian Hospital for my needs. Even if an Indian Hospital is not near we could go to any hospital to receive treatment and what is billed to us, we would give to the proper administrative workers

This article offers a brief history of the laws governing AI/AN (American Indian/Alaskan Native) health policy, as well as recent trends and contemporary issues. A long history of underfunding of the Indian Health Service (IHS) has led to serious challenges in providing proper care. One law designed to meet these challenges was the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, enacted in 1975. This law authorized AI/AN tribes to take over the management of health programs, carry over funding,. and receive third-party revenue, as well as made them eligible for grants and assisted them with contract support costs. More recently, Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) should increase the number of AI/AN individuals eligible for and enrolled in Medicaid. This should result in increased access to health services for the high percentage of AI/AN adults living at or below the federal poverty level in 2009 (20.4%). Still, the problem of inadequate health care persists, as the Indian Health Service (IHS) budget has not kept pace with medical inflation and the increases in AI/AN population. Long-term underfunding of the IHS is a contributing factor to AI/AN health disparities. To bring the IHS budget to an equitable level similar to federal employee health benefits would require approximately an additional $3 billion per year. With a Department of Health and Human Services budget of more than $800 billion per year, this increase

Initially, health policies are developed to address the specific to efficiently provide and receive service without any detrimental fabrications or alterations that lead to human related neglect concretely initiate health efforts to quickly prevent disease and further sickness, while not allowing services to be secretly held from the public that is in need, due to becoming poverty stricken or possibly trapped.

Two factors that impact Native American’s access to healthcare in general are their socioeconomic status, and environmental factors. Socioeconomic factors include people living in low income areas, having less access to health insurance, etc. Environmental factors can include being located far away from good facilities with access to treatments. The US National Library of Medicine National states that, “Health disparity populations traditionally derive from groups that have been disadvantaged or underserved (Guy, Yee, 2009, Importance of health disparities to liver health section, para. 4).” Native Americans may qualify as one of these populations who have been disadvantaged and are, as a result, more inclined to experience healthcare disparities. Native Americans often live in low income locations far away from good hospitals and facilities, and even if they do live close they are often without health insurance or adequate means of compensation for

One factor to take into consideration when comparing and contrasting global health care issues is at what rate our countries increasing by in their populations and how healthy the country is living. When doing a comparison including the following, USA, UK, and Canada, the US has steadily been first, then Canada and then the UK. The US has also spent the most money on health care, with Canada coming in second and the UK coming in third, but the US has come in dead last between the three, with UK second and Canada first for the duration of a human life span.