The Health Care System Of The United States

The infrastructure of the United States healthcare system has long been a point of contention for many, especially with the recent passage of the Affordable Care Act by President Obama, which serves to reform the past healthcare system into a more socialized Universal Healthcare system. Proponents of Universal Healthcare in the United States like to point to the success of countries such as Brazil, Thailand, and Canada to name a few, who have in fact adopted a form of Universal Healthcare, but

The United States health care system ranks 37th in the world. Statistically, it’s bizarre how United States is amongst one of the most advanced nations in the world and the fact that it spends more on its healthcare

Many people believe that the current of health care in the United States is the best health care in the world however it has major shortcomings that has become more visible for the whole world to see. The United States has the most expensive health care system in the world based on health expenditure per capita and on

Over the course of our countries history, the delivery of our health care system has tried to meet the needs of our growing and changing population. However, we somehow seem to fall short in delivering our goals of providing quality, affordable and accessible healthcare to our citizens. The history of our delivery system will show we continuously changed the delivery of our system however never mange to control cost. If we can come up with efficient ways to cut cost, the delivery of quality care will follow.

Before getting into whether it was wrong or right let us start with the history of our health care system. The thought or beginning of a health care plan began in 1935 when Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to add a health insurance program to the social security plan. However, the court had ruled it out, and nearly declined the approval of the beginning of our social security as well. The first official beginning, or origin, of a health care plan was implemented in 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson. He signed into law the bill that led to be our Medicare and Medicaid systems. The original Medicare program included Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance) (Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services 2015). After years of studying the laws and works of the original plan. Obama came up with his own version of a healthcare system known as the Affordable Care

If there is one thing that most Americans are in agreement with, it is the vile shape of our U.S. health care system. There is no argument that the U.S. health care system is in need of an overhaul, however, there is much debate over just how to effectively go about the process. The public have voiced greatest concern in the health care areas of costs, quality and access. Many presidents have pondered the idea of health care reform; a few even made attempts to start the ball rolling. The first

The House passed PPACA and the Reconciliation Act. The PPACA was ready for the President to sign, however, the Senate still had to pass the Reconciliation Act in the House. With Senator Kennedy gone and replaced by a republican, Senate only had 59 votes to pass the Reconciliation Act. In order to pass the Act, Senate Democrats decided that they could use the "Reconciliation Rule". This rule was originally designed to be used for budget item approvals and could be passed with only 51 votes in the Senate, not the usual 60. Reconciliation was not intended to be used for legislation of the magnitude of Obamacare. Both of the "Acts" were passed and sent to President Obama for his signature without a single Republican vote in favor of the legislation. (Sussman, 2013) The way in which these two laws were passed has caused a large partisan divide. Without bipartisan support, many believe that the ACA will not be a viable "fix" to the countries healthcare dilemmas. (McDonough, 2012) The ACA is the most substantial piece of legislation about health care since Medicare in the 1960s.

At the moment, President Obama, Republican and Democratic members of Congress, the American Medical Association and America’s Health Insurance plans all agree that a change is needed to the current system. There is little debate that the health care is necessary but a lot of debate on how the change should be done.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act., a health reform, known as the “Obamacare” was signed into law by formal President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.

For over a decade our healthcare system has been flawed, and for over a decade several Presidents have tried to reform the health industry with little success. Advocates of health care reform have been met with great controversy and resistance since as early as 1854 when President Franklin Pierce vetoed the “Land-Grant Bill for Indigent Insane Persons” that would benefit the indigent insane, “by arguing that the federal government should not commit itself to social welfare, which he believed was properly the responsibility of the states” ("Senate Debates On the Land-Grant Bill for Indigent Insane, 1854). Those apposed to change have fought diligently to cease the passing of any

The health care reform debate between 2008 and 2010 led to the passage of Patient Protection and Affordable Act. It was reminiscent of opportunities for reform that have occurred on a cyclical basis throughout American history. These opportunities occurred most notably in the presidential administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and William J. Clinton. (Rich, Cheung, Lurvey, 79). We have to look at recent opportunities that have expanded today.

Many Americans are uncertain about what exactly the Affordable Care Act is. The Affordable Care Act is the nation’s latest health care reform law. It was enacted in March of 2010. It is composed of two pieces of legislation. The first piece of legislation is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act; also referred to as PPACA. The second is the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act or HCERA.

President Obama has been a busy president, passing many reforms. Many of these reforms have positively impacted our great nation. Many presidents had failed to pass a universal health care system, but Obama managed to pass

The United States is ranked below China, Algeria and Iran when it comes to health care. The United States is ranked 46 among 48 countries. (Huffingtonpost.com, 2013)

By doing some research on the last couple of presidents I have seen they were all fighting for all citizens to have some type of health care. The past couple of centuries several president tried passing a bill that would guarantee citzens with health care, but was denied. It wasn’t until 1945 that citizens over the age of 65 would get health care provide by social security. It wasn 't until 2008 when President Obama stated that all citizens should have the right to health insurance. saying so, Obama and other members of his party were able to passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. According to a 2013 White House estimate, 27 million previously uninsured people will gain coverage under Obamacare. A separate study found that despite the expansion in health insurance coverage under Obamacare, 29.8 to 31 million people would still remain without health care coverage by 2016.