Issues And Problems Of United States Healthcare

For the last five years of my life I have worked in the healthcare industry. One of the biggest issues plaguing our nation today has been the ever rising cost of health care. If we don't get costs under control, we risk losing the entire system, as well as potentially crippling our economy. For the sake of our future, we must find a way to lower the cost of health care in this nation.

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.

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”.

The messed up status of the existing healthcare system is so much wanting. Medicaid killed the market forces and Medicare initiated by the government where the insurance given is of poor quality and over taxed on the workers who are the contributors (Mitchell, 2013). This also brought about over insurance, which is not proportional to the service rendered to the contributors when they fall ill. This is all problematic and uneconomical to them (Mitchell, 2013).

This year being an election year means that the American people are confronted with many issues and disparities that plague our nation. One of these hot button topics is that of healthcare. The United States is the only developed nation without a universal healthcare system, but spends the most for health services. With so many Americans lacking the adequate care needed or facing bankruptcy due to piling medical bills, one must look at the health disparities that are causing this super power nation to inadequately serve its citizens.

The U.S. health care system faces challenges and it is urgent that the American people become aware of these challenges. There are approximately 46 million Americans who are uninsured, and many insured Americans who face rapid increases in premiums have to pay out-of-pocket costs. As Congress and the Obama administration consider ways to invest new funds to reduce the number of Americans without insurance coverage, people must address shortfalls in the quality and efficiency of care that lead to higher costs and to poor health outcomes. If something is not done soon, there will be many more who will not have health care coverage that is affordable or they will be without coverage altogether.

The US health system is in turmoil mostly because of two major issues first being that the cost of treatment is very high and the second factor that is affecting the health system being that most US citizens lack medical coverage and thus are unable to get access to good health care services. These two factors have put the current health care system in a crisis because it has made health services expensive and thus unaffordable to the citizens.

My fellow americans, I would like to discuss an issue that this country has and has had for many years now. I believe that for a problem to be solved, we need to have a basic understanding of what it is. For those who do not know, healthcare is the government's efforts to support you, the people of the United States, financially in an event of illness or injury. Although we know what healthcare is, we have failed to give it to you, the people. We have created a poor excuse for healthcare, that has not done what is should be doing, which is to take stress off of you not adding more on.

Political policies and decisions impose restraints that can halt progress to a healthier nation, leading to a system whose quality of care is variable and poorly coordinated, thus driving us costs and putting the patients at risk. Race, income, gender, and geographic locations are all factors that impact these deficits. Politics have yet to formalize an effective and efficient plan to dispose of these deficits and make health care equalized across the board. Even though the ACA breaks down some of these barriers, millions of Americans still continue to be uninsured and be denied access. Politics continue to implement policies within out health care system that do not address the current problems such as increased medical errors, lack of access, obesity, and heart disease, and neglects those that need it the most. As a result, this is why our system is

Health insurance is that insurance against the risk of incurring medical expenses among individuals. It includes insurance for losses from accident, medical expense, disability, or accidental death and dismemberment. As known, there are many possible insurance companies to choose among them. The important point is to make sure that you're comparing like-for-like cover. In other word, that if you're buying a policy it's the right one for you.Some policies may seem cheaper, but you may find you don't have the same level of cover when you have to make a claim.

Health care is defined as “the maintenance and improvement of physical and mental health, especially through the provision of medical services” according to Merriam-Webster. What this means, in simpler terms, is health care is using hospitals, and clinics to make sure you are always in good condition. However, in certain countries, such as Afghanistan, many people cannot afford get health care. A few reasons why are because of the lack of funding the hospitals get, the accessibility, and the affordability.

2007, the very beginning of the year, a boy died because of periodontitis. Periodontitis is very common disease with teeth that can be treated (“Dental”). Not only this case, a man pulled out all of his teeth because he had dental carries. The reason of these cases are money. Most people in United States would have to be in agony before going to hospital, or would not even go when they are so sick because it is so expensive. The system of medical insurance in US has so many problems. Many people cannot get medical service because they are poor, homeless, old and sick. The Health insurance problem in United States is always a hot topic. According to survey, “The survey covered 20,000 adults in the United States and 10 other industrial nations — Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Britain, all of which put in place universal or near-universal health coverage decades ago” (“The Shame”).

US health care expenditures have been rising quickly over the past few years; it has risen more than the national financial system. Nonetheless a number of citizens in the US still lack appropriate health care. If the truth be told, health care expenditures are going to continue to increase; in addition numerous individuals will possibly have to make difficult choices pertaining to their health care. Our health system has grave problems that require reform, through reforming, there is optimism that there will be an increase in affordable health care and high-quality of care for America. Medicaid, Medicare and private sector insurances are all going through trials and tribulations because of

In America we have many problems that society may view as harmful or problems that need a remedy to fix, there problems are called a social problem. Social problems can range from school problems to drug problems. Each person in America can have their own opinion of what a social problem is to them. Just like with time, social problems will change, some will come and some will go. So, for right now in time one of the biggest social problems I can see in America is the healthcare. There are many problems with the health insurance in America. According to our books in America some of the biggest problems are: Medicare, Medicaid, Military Healthcare, Workers’ Compensation, Complemtary, and Alternative Medicine. The book states that there are a few strategies for action people can take to make these problems go away, such as: Selective primary healthcare, Comprehensive primary healthcare, fighting obesity, work wellness programs, public education, and the Affordable Care Act. (Linda A. Mooney, 2015) In this paper I am going to discuss the biggest problems in America that involve healthcare insurance, how to fix these problems, and the possible outcomes.

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