Discussion board 2: Consumer-Driven Healthcare System Discussion Board 2: Consumer-Driven Healthcare System Over the last several decades there have been many attempts to reform the healthcare system in the United States. Currently, there is a mixture of public and private sector healthcare systems in America. The government has been a dominant force in healthcare reform and endeavors to reduce healthcare cost.…
The reason why most healthcare providers are able to charge different groups of purchasers’ different prices for the same product is because it is a type of price discrimination. It portrays some positive aspects of price discrimination. If a company lowers all their prices to the level where everyone could purchase their services, then they would lose too much profit from each service they provide. This kind of change shows how the gains from trading can be split among the consumers and producers which can be arguable. However, even so, discrimination on prices does not lead or need improvement.…
The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) created and opportunity for the United States (U.S) to enhance access to health care and, significantly reduced the number of uninsured people. However, the ACA blocked undocumented immigrants from purchasing health insurance in the market it created, leaving millions with limited routes to health care. The current health care market has unintentionally created a delivery system in which the treatment of individuals has often been between the ethical dilemma of proving care versus the cost of health care and the providers who have a duty to provide such care (Thomsen, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGNP) can influence practice with the complex issues…
Private hospitals would in turn, defend themselves by following the “no duty” principle and then sending patients to public health facilities for health services. The “no duty” to treat principle follows the belief that there is no universal right to health services, which also means providers do not have a legal duty to provide health services. This paper will explore the long-lasting impact of EMTALA as it relates to access, cost, and quality. Access…
Question 1 The Affordable Care Act (ACA) ran its persuasion campaign on the desire to improve the health care system by providing superior medical services to more Americans at an affordable price. However, controlling costs in health care coverage continues to be a concern. In fact, most Americans still find that health insurance through the ACA’s Exchange is unaffordable with premiums and deductible taken into account. Thus, the continued rising cost of health care may be attributed in part to the direct costs consumers bear through high premiums and deductible plans.…
America’s Health Care Empire According to Business Insider, if America’s health care system was a country, it would have the sixth largest economy in the entire planet. And despite it being wealthy, it’s the only industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system (Statistics). America’s health care system is an atrocity in our society because it is bankrupting millions of Americans in addition to offering ineffective treatment to those who need medical care. It has been estimated that hospitals overcharge Americans by about 10 billion dollars each year (Snyder).…
Some kind of polices which truly regulate our healthcare system prices in term of procedures, treatments, surgeries and doctor’s fees instead of regulate the construction of new health care buildings such as hospitals and nursing homes. According to the Health News Reviews “An appendectomy ranges from an average of $1,030 in Argentina, to $5,509 in Chile, to an average of $13,003 in the U.S. Health care costs more in the United States to a large degree because doctors, hospitals, drug and medical device companies charge more” (Schwitzer, 2012). This quote reveals the fact by giving the example of appendectomy is a lot more expensive here than any other country in the world. Most importantly it’s not expensive here because we are doing better than others; its expensive here because of doctors, hospitals and drugs’ companies are charging way higher prices than any other country in the world. These escalating prices illustrated the government weakness on controlling and regulating the reasonable prices which could be more affordable for American government and their…
Introduction Private health care is known in Canada as care that is funded by private sources or by the patient themselves (DeCoster and Brownell 301). There are many different perspectives on whether or not Canada should privatize their health care system. In a situation like this, it must be taken into account what is best in the country’s eyes, and not the perspective of an individual or a single community (Uplekar 898). Quality health care is a concern for many people.…
It gives the people a sense of security, space to breath, and less stress on the finance. But the lack of access to healthcare causes trouble for many as Medicaid and the reimbursement program have its’ limit in coverage. The cost of patient are vary, it can up or down like a stock market. Depending on the treatment, cares, and services they receive, the cost can range from a hundred to thousands of dollar, and possibly millions if it becomes chronicle. Moreover, the lack of services and cares from physician is expected as they already feel dissatisfy with the “cost shifting”, and expecting more decline in the future (Hodges and Henson, 2009, pg. 10).…
After much scrutiny, The Affordable Care Act, termed “Obamacare,” finally passed through The Senate and House of Representatives, and upheld by the Supreme Court on June 28th, 2012. Through its’ passing, it caused millions of American’s healthcare insurance rates to skyrocket, and drove up insurance rates nationwide. On another note, this also opened insurance to millions of American’s who lacked any kind of health insurance at all. Throughout the country, there is evidence if we walk into doctors’ offices and try to make appointments, a lot of times we are turned away, especially if the doctors are specialists. Physicians who refuse to help Americans’ with government based insurance are detrimental to society in multiple ways.…
Complex health care arrangements include a variety of arrangements within health care organizations to help them survive the economic constraints placed upon them by the public and the government. The consumer demands increased quality and decreased cost. Government organizations such as Medicare and Medicaid are demanding a bigger bang for the buck. When that care is not delivered payments are withheld or penalties incurred on the organization. It has required hospitals and other healthcare organizations to find ways to deliver care more efficiently and for a lower cost (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, 2106).…
The expense of health care in America has been rising exponentially since the creation of modern medicine. In 1900, Americans spent an average five dollars per year (about 100 dollars in today’s money) on healthcare; today, people can expect to pay an average 1,233 dollars for a single visit to the Emergency Room. But what has caused this drastic increase in cost? A great deal of the blame falls on the large health insurance agencies in America. Their attempts to bully hospitals for discounts on the care of their clients has led hospitals to jack up their prices and to make up for the amount they lose to the agencies.…
Healthcare System of United States A universal health care system has been a controversial topic in the United States. Therefore, many issues have been considered prevalent in the US health care system and among them are expenditures and its accessibility. The United States has the high gross domestic product compared to the other developed nations. Due to the larger per capita income, it spends a lot on the health care.…
In the United States, the federal government accounts for over fifty percent of health care spending. The health care industry in the United States is heavily regulated by the federal government in an effort to improve access to patient care for all Americans while also preventing fraud, waste, and abuse of such a limited resource. Another very important reason that that health care industry is not a free market is due to third-party payer system. The U.S. health system is a free market for voluntary health services that are non-essential to good health. Competition in the market give an indication that the health system has the potential to be a free or market-based system.…
Each visit adds another hundred dollars on that month’s payment and it just keeps multiplying, or so it seems. Health care is expensive in itself, then adding on the treatment cost, and there those that cannot afford to pay these bills, making hospital visits not an option. In the United States the costs in health care bills is double the price than in other parts of the world; actually the three trillion dollars in this division would make it the world’s fifth-largest economy…