The Importance Of Health Care

I believe that it is extremely important for health care administrators to address any health care issues because they would possibly have an affect on the people of the community. It may not affect all of the people in a community but at least one or more. Any type of information that could potentially save a persons life is always important and no one should withhold that type of information. In my community of Franklinton, Louisiana the biggest health care facility there is the Riverside Medical Center. Riverside medical center is a Non-profit community hospital with 25-bed access and they provide a range of services with 24-hour emergency entrance. This is an independent company hospital. The services offered are women’s annual screenings,

Rising health insurance premiums have made healthcare unaffordable in the United States. Health insurance premiums in this country have undergone a steady rise over the past few years while incomes have remained the same. More than 50% of individuals with low incomes holding private insurance in the United States are unable to afford their healthcare costs (Collins, Gunja, Doty & Buetel, 2015). In addition, costs related to healthcare are equally unaffordable to 25% of working-age individuals who hold private health insurance policies (Collins et al., 2015). According to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research and Educational Trust (Kaiser/HRET) survey on employer health benefits, employer-sponsored health insurance plans have also had moderate rises in premiums in 2013 for both individuals and family coverage (Claxton et al., 2013). While

In today’s day and age, American households can all agree that health insurance is not a luxury, but a necessity. Without it, costs of emergency room visits and prescription medicines can be financially devastating. However, in the past many families and individuals have taken the risk of not being insured due to the high cost of the insurance itself. To attempt to reform this unfair system, the Obama administration signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010. The law, coined “Obamacare,” has received much opposition due to its expansion government programs and increase in spending. It brings to question how much the government should be involved in an area that for the majority of America’s history, has been

Creating a health care reform plan for the U.S. health care system is no easy task. Multiple things must be taken into consideration. These include making insurance affordable, making sure the plan is economically feasible, and creating a plan that will still work in the future. What hindered the reshaping of health care into a sustainable system in the past, are the health sectors interests that prefer the status quo. By continuing to cling on to yesterday’s model, the health care industry is creating its own peril (Schaeffer, 2007).

Jim James, the CEO of _______, when faced with the reality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) becoming law and taking effect, began to implement new rules and guidelines for his institution. Although improvising a strategic plan the institution is expected to follow as supplies and resources would soon be in critical demand. As CEO, he understood what was expected of the health care system, focusing mainly on the organizational needs that will help with the expanding or growing population and meeting the increased demand for the future. Via industrialized existing programs and building clinics that will accommodate the expected significant impact of the newly insured. “Eliminating ED crowding will take the collective involvement of healthcare workers, business leaders, politicians, the press, and the public” (Derlet & Richards, 2008). After much consideration, and a comprehensive evaluation of the documents for the new Affordable Care Act Jim James thought about the upcoming opportunities using a persuasive approach to transform the hospital. Since he stated that his most pressing desire is to find ways to connect the recipients in a way that will model changes in existing programs. Admittedly, we have a medical, acute care, care system- a system that waits until we become ill before it kicks into action instead of a healthcare system focused on helping us stay healthy (Schimpff, 2012). The justification, seeing the possibilities that are crucial in dealing with changes in

The article that I selected for this week’s review focuses on the reaction of hospitals over the most recent draft of the GOP healthcare bill, The Better Care Reconciliation Act. The bill stands to generate major cuts to Medicaid funding. The bill, which was just released today, is already drawing up skepticism and opposition by hospital groups. Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, stated, “If enacted, the Better Care Reconciliation Act would mean real consequences for real people — among them people with chronic conditions such as cancer, individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and support, and the elderly" (Leonard, 2017). Those who are in most need of healthcare services and are on Medicaid

The introduction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 has been the best perspective to allocate resources to improve access, cost, and quality of care to all Americans in recent years. It is has allowed the expansion of Medicaid, which in turn provides coverage to millions of low-income Americans, it extended family coverage for children to twenty-six years old, and ultimately, more than seventeen million Americans have gained health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Quite impressive, yet it is not as appealing as it seems; for the government implemented a plan attempting to create universal healthcare within the private sector. This, in course, made few rates fall while many others rose. An online article

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.

Understanding the complex structure of the many health care subsystems in the United States goes a long way to explaining why it is often so hard to get anything done or to create change; a system this complicated does not move quickly or easily—or sometimes, at all. Understanding that the system is made up of multiple separate and unconnected collections of financing and provision of care reveals how difficult it is to carry out any reasonable system-wide planning for the entire system and the entire population (Williams, Torrens, 2007). For these reasons the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the first of its kind in American history, may change the way policy is implemented in the future. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was the first policy to be implemented while breaking almost all of the old legislative rules about communication and public comment and consumption.

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The federal statute known as the Affordable Care Act, has been touted as a positive development towards healthcare in the United States. However, there are many downsides to the passing of this act. One of the most glaring disadvantages to this act is the cost associated with it. Also, implementation of it is widely contingent upon the successes of the plan in the various states and communities. In other words, it will be an experiment. Even among proponents of this legislation, there is great uncertainty over its potential impacts as well as its ability to control cost growth (Gruber, 2011). If our healthcare reform experience in Massachusetts is to be looked at as a prototype, according to the advocacy organization, “Physicians for a

In this article released on 24th September 2017, the author shows that Bernie Sanders has worked extra hard to fight for reform for the Medicare Bill. He opts for a single-payer system that will scrap the multiple medical insurers and paralyze the ACA. Sanders argues that such a shift will be a perfect fit for managing healthcare organizations in America. He is confident that the technique stands to be more durable and fruitful because it focuses on the overall well-being of all patients. Based on recent reports, the proposition has gained 5% more supporters since January this year making a total of 35% of the American Public (Galea, 2017). It is from this idea that Colleen M. Flood and Allan Rock writes to outline five main

Emanuel and Fuchs provide evidence that employers do contribute to health insurance premiums through the workers’ compensation and hourly earnings that are adjusted according to inflation, but they do not bear the ultimate cost of health insurance and health benefits. For example, in the article, a figure titled, “Changes in Per Capita Health Expenditures and Average Hourly Earnings (Adjusted for Inflation),

Others argue that the absence of market competition could set back innovation in treatment and research. In a BalancePolitics.org article that summarizes the pros and cons of universal health care, one statement on the con side argues that “Free health care isn’t really free since we must pay for it with taxes; expenses for health care would have to be paid for with higher taxes or spending cuts in other areas such as defense, education etc.” The author then asks, “What good would it do to wipe out a few hundred dollars of monthly health insurance premiums if our taxes go up that much more?” (BalancedPolitics.org, Pro & Cons Argument) Shirley Svorny, a professor of economics at California State University and the author of a new Cato Institute study on Medical licensing offers what she considers a lower cost alternative to universal health care: “using innovation to make health care cheaper and more accessible.” (Svorny, Sun Herald) Svorvy claims that patients should have low cost options when it comes to certain routine medical procedures and check-ups. She points to the success of retail “convenience” clinics at Wal-Mart, Target and CVS pharmacies that are now staffed with nurse practitioners that can provide routine care at affordable prices. (Svorny, Sun

Abstract: The rises of health cost have put strains on State, Federal and employers budgets and have severely hurt US families’ income in recent years. An analysis of State health policy by the federal government projects that premiums for insurance for employer based programs will increase from 12,298 in 2008 to 23,842 by 2020. This would be a 94% increase in insurance cost. It is projected that health reforms by the federal government will help states reign in health cost and slow the growth by 1% in all states by 2020. This would save $2571 per year per