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    All Americans Have a Right to Health Care Within the previous four years, the number of uninsured Americans has jumped to forty five million people. Beginning in the 1980’s, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has been trying to fix this problem of health insurance coverage for everyone with a basic reform. The AAFP’s plan imagined every American with insured coverage for necessary improved services that fall between the crucial health benefits and the surprising costs. (Sweeney)

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    providing discounts on premiums, co-insurance, or deductibles, and providing large amounts or rewards for reaching the targeted health outcome. But these have proven to be beneficial only for short-term and only for certain groups of individuals such as the rich, young and the healthy. In order to increase the likelihood of long-term success on the path to health and wellness, I recommend that the policy should consider providing progress-based incentives, and long-term targeted incentives for specific

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    The health care system in the United States is composed of four basic components, financing, insurance, delivery, and payments, also known as the quad function model. This heath care systems differ between a private and government-run system and between a traditional health insurance and managed care based system. A good example of a purely government-run system in our country is the Veterans Administration (VA), health care systems, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB)

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    keep their life health as this helps to enjoy a quality life. The mandate of taking care of one’s life utilizes a wide range of strategies, which range from preventive to treatment and even rehabilitative. However, it is the effort of the person to maintain healthy lifestyles. Health coverage is the means that people utilize to ensure their future health will be looked for financially. Others ensure their health in terms of maintaining a fit and other ranging activities. Health coverage is expensive

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    in the healthcare sector are health insurance, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, medical equipment and supplies and health services. Others include education institutions, government and private research agencies. b. What is meant by the term healthcare finance as used in this book? Healthcare finance is a term used in this book to describe accounting and financial management principles and practices used to ensure the financial well-being of health care organizations. c. What are the

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    Describe the type of care this long term care provides. The demographic of clients in the long term care delivery model has a range that starts in infants and ends with the elderly, this care also includes persons with disabilities (mental and physical). According to Hooyman (2014),”to address escalating health and long-term care costs, the locus of care for older adults and persons with disabilities is shifting from institutional to community-based settings (p.25). Community based settings would

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    The sector I will be looking at is health. The care setting, I have chosen to look at is hospitals, in which the client group I have chosen is long term patients in ward …. The sector, health, that I have chosen includes a variety of people from ranging from elderly too adult too teenagers, children and baby’s. A hospital is a health care institution which provide treatment for many diseases and conditions. There is a variety of jobs done in the hospitals such as nurses, receptionist, cleaners

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    Affordable Care Act

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    Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Yolanda Raqueno HCS/455 April 17, 2013 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The goal of this essay is to discuss the health care system in the United States. Another aim of this essay is to discuss the health policy, to improve, and to reduce inequalities. In the United States the private insurance system is a major provider of health care services, health care system is expensive and in many cases not efficient. This essay focuses

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    The Affordable Care Act How important is your health to you? One day you are here, the next you are gone. Health care by law is needed and ought to be granted to everyone. The Affordable Care Act also known as ACA, was signed lawfully by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Health care is essential to everyone’s needs; essentially most less fortunate individuals depend on this health care due to its affordability. This act covers insurance coverage that impacts a consumers well-being and financial

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    HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION PAPER HCS/235 September 28, 2014 Paul Dereadt With the vast adjustment in health care which came into Law on March 23, 2012, the avenues of health care were expanded. Health Care Reform gave access to affordable Health Insurance and Health Care to the citizens and legal residents with low to middle income. For those who were already insured, the plan included measures to enhance affordability and stability. Whereas, in prior years leading to Health Care Reform millions

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