Mepa Self Evaluation

Government spending in the United States needs to change and it needs to change soon. As mentioned earlier, in 2012 nearly a third of governments budget

Humana Inc. is an insurance company that has been around for more than 50 years. Well-being is the core objective of Humana. Well-being remains the primary focus, but Humana is going beyond health insurance to partner with people to assist with healthier lives. Humana’s organizational behavior stands on management’s principles, visions, and values to sustain those well-being goals.

Decrease in funding is another economic challenge in health care. The amount of finances coming from various sources not just the

As a result of this added financial strain, states have had to either cut funding for other services like education, increase taxes, or heighten eligibility requirements for these publicly funded healthcare programs (Emanuel, 2014).

The main economic challenge for the healthcare system in the United State will be the rising expenses associated with Medicare and Medicaid. The Governments share of healthcare spending is predicted to rise to 31 percent by the year 2020 (Keehan, Sisko, Truffer, Poisal, Cuckler, Madison, Lizonitz, and Smith, 2011). This may jeopardize the economic stability and financial security of the nation.

Government is big, deficit-prone and

Growing spending and debt are undermining economic growth and may push the nation into a financial crisis in coming years. Edward then stated that the solution to these problems is to downsize every federal department by cutting the most harmful programs. This study proposes specific cuts that would reduce federal spending by almost one-quarter and balance the budget in less than a decade."

A major challenge lies in the fact that this welfare program has been consuming increasingly larger shares of state budgets in

While the fear of government default is approaching, there are solutions to this problem. The first is raising the debt ceiling, this avoids default that results in government shutdown and effects state and local government by losing Medicaid, highway construction and lower tax collections (Cooper and Story). The debt ceiling allows Congress the influence over spending

When it comes to facing challenging obstacles in both my professional and personal life I utilize the self-management strategy of “sleeping on it”. By sleeping on a challenging obstacle this creates time, patience, and provides clarity. As many, I can be very indecisive on decisions that have a big effect on my life, but I find that giving myself an extra day, week, or month to digest the situation before making a decision helps me stay in control. Time helps with self-management because it brings clarity and perspective to the thousands of indecisive thoughts swimming through my head when something is important. (Bradberry & Greaves,

Limiting what revenues can be used for funding puts unnecessary strain on the budget and causes different areas that are significant to suffer. Alabama’s highly restrictive fiscal environment is a significant problem.

Unfortunately Medicare facing a financial crisis in a pretty short time term. The main reason is that Medicare population is increasing. The number of senior citizens in the United States is growing: in 2010 the population of age 65 and over was 13 percent of the total US population and by 2030 it is expected

The question is how and where do you apply for funding and cut cost to certain areas. The impact of federal health care shows the federal budget cannot be overstated. The federal budget is shrinking and the governments flexibility is to pay for other obligations such as homeland security, environmental cleanup, and disaster. In addition, the Department of Defense and the Veterans Affairs is increasing.

The gap between actual spending and forecasted grew over $2 billion by 2012. The state’s budget suffered by the hands of the growing rate of unemployment. This growth in unemployment came along with entitlement caseloads, Medicaid and temporary cash assistance.

More businesses will have a harder time to survive due to not receiving government support and due to hiked taxes. The hiked taxes too will force businesses