The United States Health Care Disparity

Barriers to healthcare include factors that restrict or hinder people from receiving adequate and quality health care service. Health care disparities are those differences that negatively affects less advantaged group (Mehta, 2014). Health care barriers play a significant role in comprehending causes of disparities. This paper will discuss the obstacles and disparities that exist and affects healthcare.

The American Health Care system needs to be constantly improved to keep up with the demands of America’s health care system. In order for the American Health Care system to improve policies must be constantly reviewed. Congress still plays a powerful role in public policy making (Morone, Litman, & Robins, 2008). A health care policy is put in place to reach a desired health outcome, which may have a meaningful effect on people. People in position of authority advocates for a new policy for the group they have special interest in helping. The Health care system is formed by the health care policy making process (Abood, 2007). There are public, institutional, and business policies related to health care developed by hospitals, accrediting organizations, or managed care organizations (Abood, 2007). A policy is implemented to improve the health among people in the United States. Some policies

Health care is one of the most controversial and discussed topics in the United States. This is mainly because of the enormous issues that surround this subject matter, such as the goal of creating a greater diversity in the medical professions, the goal to reduce health care disparities, and mainly to improve health care for all. In my personal experience this issues have affected me and my family very closely. As immigrants, I saw my parents struggle with the language, adapting to a new culture and even seeking healthcare. Health care disparities is an imminent issue that affects many of us, including me. On top of the financial struggle my parents faced as immigrants, they also faced the barrier of not being understood. I witnessed how my

The United States is faced with multiple health disparities within the country that encompass many challenges for individuals when it comes to the fairness and access to health care. A health disparity is defined as the inconsistency of treatment between two different groups of individuals. Treatment that could be different could be seen as different care due to age, race, ethnicity, culture, or current socioeconomic status (Koh et al., 2012). Treatment may be different or delivered in different ways between literacy component individuals and illiterate individuals and be viewed as unequal care. Healthcare facilities must be cautious when providing care and be cautious of the health disparities that exist in order to provide equal and

Although, there are a segmented growing number of physician leaders, it is not always embraced within health institutions and governmental legislations. Why? Because it seems to be that there is some type of disconnection as it relates to physicians and public policies. As such, public policies are for elected officials to

The disparities in healthcare amongst minorities, elderly, and the poor are mind blowing, but in order to help reduce disparities, there needs to be an awareness and accurate data available to assess and implement a plan to bring better quality healthcare to communities.

Though the civil rights movement made substantial progress yet race remains a controlling factor in dictating who gets access to healthcare, the quality of care, and health insurance coverage. Because this stems from the supremacist belief that one race is superior, I would educate my patients, my colleagues, and my classmates on the importance of equity between all

Healthcare policy is dynamic and ever changing, especially in our society today with the many changes in government control, insurance company influence, and actual delivery of healthcare services. In order to corral our healthcare system and ensure that there is quality control amongst all populations, health policies must be put in place. Health policy is defined as many things due to its dynamic nature but the assigned text expresses a definition that encompasses all aspects of what health policy is for us today, “Authoritative decisions made in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of government that are intended to direct or influence that actions, behaviors, or decisions of others”(Longest, p. 5, (2010)). Among the many reasons why health policy is pertinent to our society an aspect of health policy that I feel is most important is in regards to public health practices. Health policy is the reason why populations that whom otherwise would not receive the absolute needed healthcare, actually get to receive healthcare. The financial aspect of healthcare is quite steep and more often than not healthcare services are not sought out by populations because they cannot afford to do so. With health policy the policymakers allow for the proper and equal disbursement of goods and services to ensure that everyone is remaining healthy no matter what

There are several disparities where health care is deprive between minorities African American, Hispanic and low-income communities. Healthcare quality and access to care are unequal among racial and low-income groups. Black American and Hispanic have face with poor access to health care among any other race, and the low- income family who have been offers low stander of care according to the American Medical Association eventually suffer from” higher mortality rates, higher incidence of major diseases, and lower availability and utilization of medical services” (50-I-95).

Healthcare disparities exist at higher rates among various ethnic backgrounds as well as individuals with disabilities. Although receiving good healthcare should be a privilege, statistics have shown that social determinants such as poor education, low income, limited access to quality care, as well as environmental factors have contributed to healthcare disparities. If society could improve barriers like health education, communication, and healthcare cost, quality healthcare could be successfully provided to every person.

There is a lackage of studies that discussed the health disparities and social justice that influence on diabetes type 2 in Saudi Arabia, so I will discuss the issue from my experience as public healthcare provider. The Indian workers who came from their countries to work 10 to 12 hours daily and receive low salaries that will not be enough for their daily activities, but the employers are provided them with accommodation, one meal, work-injury hospitalization, and transportation. Consequently, the workers may live in poverty because they can’t go for shopping, pay bills for mobile, eat extra meals, or visit hospitals. The Indian employees will suffer from health disparities and social injustice, which are the logic outcome for their type of living and will lead to deferral of diabetes diagnosis, less screening, and difficulty in accessing the healthcare to get frequent management. According to the employers, they refuse to pay for regular medical insurance for their workers due to their poor salaries.

Very informative post Bonnie! No doubt, there is a shortage of primary care providers all over the United States and lack of insurance on top of that can make the conditions worse. In year 2006, the state of Massachusetts expand the insurance coverage of its population, but the healthcare workforce in unable to meet this high demand, which results in long waiting lists to see patients. The average time of getting on appointment with internist was 17 days in year 2005, which is increased to 31 days in year 2008, which increases both provider and patient frustration. This result in higher death and disease rates, higher disparity in health and higher emergency room visits. Many issues can be handled over the phone or via email, by a nurse or

I also agree that the Health care system in the United States maintains and generates inequality and there is a huge gap between the social classes and especially race has an impact on the inequality of the system. “Health care disparities arise from complex interactions between patients, providers, institutions, and health systems that are difficult to unravel.” (King and Wheeler 815) Despite being the most expensive health care system in the world, the U.S. health care system fails to provide care to all our citizens and the care actually delivered is substandard. “Evidence suggests that discrimination in the clinical encounter defined by the Institute of Medicine as bias, prejudice, stereotyping, or miscommunication that undermines clinical

Healthcare policy is driven my many stakeholders such as the government, healthcare insurance, hospital administrators and governing bodies, NGO and the public. Each of them has a unique and important perspective. Healthcare institutions such as hospitals, providers care for the quality of their service in terms of accuracy of diagnosis, appropriateness of therapy and the resulting health outcome. Providers want to provide the best service and preventive care. They also prefer to use the latest tests and treatments to provide accurate diagnosis.

As I begin this semester in Health care policy, I must admit, my knowledge is limited. Currently my knowledge stems only from submitting opinions to our representatives on bills that affect our practice. As to how these bills come to the table, I am lean on the knowledge. Health care policy has not been my forte in the past. Although I recognize as a professional, it is utmost importance to stay informed as well as voice our professional opinions on matters. In the past, I have voiced to my representatives my opinion by calling or writing my view on different policies up for a vote in the governing body. The most recent opinion submitted was in regards to the Veteran’s Administration (VA) granting full provider authority to Nurse Practitioners