increasing healthcare costs. The purpose of this plan is to promise better quality healthcare at a more affordable cost to the Americans, and also regulate private insurance company to ensure Americans get more rights and protections on their healthcare. According to a 2012 study by The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), over 47 million non-elderly Americans were uninsured in 2012. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the uninsured are in the category of low-income working families. With the healthcare act being
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discussion of three forces that have affected the development of the U.S healthcare system. It will observe whether or not these forces will continue to have an effect on the U.S healthcare system over the next decade. This paper will also include an additional force, which may be lead to believe to have an impact on the health care system of the nation. And lastly this paper will evaluate the importance of technology in healthcare. There are three major forces that have affected the development of
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Felician College May 1, 2014 Health Care Reform Universal health care refers to a detailed type of health care system which allows for financial security and health care to all citizens. The system itself is structured around providing a particular course of benefits to all members of a society with the end objective of improving individual access of health care services and thus enhancing outcomes regarding ailments and diseases. It is important to note that universal health care does not
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United States Main article: Health care reform in the United States Health care reform in the United States Healthcare reform in the US Debate over reform History Latest enacted legislation Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Senate bill - H.R. 3590) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872) preceding legislation Social Security Amendments of 1965 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (1986) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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spends 17.6 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on healthcare each year (Kane, 2012), this amounts to 17.6 cents of every U.S. dollar. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an economic group comprised of 34 member nations including the United States. The OECD average is between 6 and 8 percent GDP spent on healthcare. Among OECD nations the U.S. scores below average in almost all areas of healthcare, despite spending 2 ½ times more of its economy on the health
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have access to affordable, high-quality medical care (Anderson, 2013). Currently there are 46 million that do not have health coverage in the United states and this would drastically increase to 72 million if a health reform was not passed (The Economic Case for Health Care Reform, 2012)Why the United States is the last to adopt this government mandated insurance coverage, is possibly one of the most widely asked question around the nation. This, however; is all in the process of changing and will
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Healthcare Spending Heather Satterfield HCS/440 July 19, 2012 Osama Metry Healthcare Spending Healthcare spending involves researching trends of expenditures at a national level as well as researching the effects of the economy. It is important to take into account what best benefits the healthcare system. It is important to discuss how healthcare needs are financed and the immediate attention needed for the future of healthcare. In the current economy the cost of healthcare has risen
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politics” (Holtz-Eakin). Everybody wants real health care at “lower prices that delivers quality care and controlling explosive federal spending and debt” (Holtz-Eakin). Democrats and Republicans, both agreed, that the “central tenet of health care reform was to control the growth of health care spending” (Holtz-Eakin). This is what repeal is known to be about. Majority Republicans, three Democrats, and majority small businesses all vote for this repeal but have many different reasons why. Republicans
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government hospitals such as the VA. There are also “other” types of facility type providers such as surgicenters, hospice, and specialty clinics. Individual licensed physicians provide care in such facilities or in private practices. U.S. healthcare costs exceed those of other countries; in 2009 2.5 trillion dollars was spent. This is 17.3% of the gross domestic product. Health Insurance costs are rising faster than wages or inflation, and medical causes were cited by about half of bankruptcy
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Alexis A. Voigt Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Professional Dynamics August 23, 2012 The 2010 IOM Report: The Impact on the Future of Nurse Practitioners In response to the 2001 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on the need for healthcare reform, the IOM released a comprehensive report on future needs in the field of nursing to ensure the success of the reformation. One aspect that was reported on was the need for more Nurse Practitioners (NP) being employed in community health and primary
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