Assignment 3 – Your Impact on the Healthcare Market
Hsa 510
Assignment 3 – Your Impact on the Healthcare Market
HSA 510 Health Economics
Professor Dr. Manuel Johnican
November 14, 2013
In the world of healthcare there are many choices for individuals to consider when making sure needs are meet in order to get, the quality of healthcare necessary to stay healthy in the community. Depending on financial obstacles it can be at times very difficult to afford the proper care needed to provide quality healthcare for you and your family. With President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act, it is now a lot easier to obtain affordable healthcare options. Also, under this act hospital facilities get rewarded for quality not quantity therefore, people do not have to be afraid that since they cannot afford expensive coverage, there will not be a lack of quality and they can feel confident that their needs will be met. Also, the act helps families that already have insurance coverage through their employer or private insurance companies such as Kaiser by providing tax credits of up to 2000 per family per year (ProCon.org). The Affordable Healthcare Act also imposes heavy tax credits depending on household income which will really help more families stay healthy which in turn, is healthier for the community as a whole. This paper will strive to compare and contrast the personal healthcare choices of the writer with the choices of others in the community and determine the relative contribution to the demand for health care. Moreover, the degree of information asymmetry will be address as it relates to, personal asymmetry and how that asymmetry impacts the health care choices of the writer. And finally, HMO, PPO, AND MCO will be explained as it relates to, how these types of coverage’s will benefit by having a person like the writer as a member. As stated earlier there are many health care choices out there to choose from however, having the ability to afford could pose a problem for some. In the writer’s individual case
Assignment 3 – Your Impact on the Healthcare Market
HSA 510 Health Economics
Professor Dr. Manuel Johnican
November 14, 2013
In the world of healthcare there are many choices for individuals to consider when making sure needs are meet in order to get, the quality of healthcare necessary to stay healthy in the community. Depending on financial obstacles it can be at times very difficult to afford the proper care needed to provide quality healthcare for you and your family. With President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act, it is now a lot easier to obtain affordable healthcare options. Also, under this act hospital facilities get rewarded for quality not quantity therefore, people do not have to be afraid that since they cannot afford expensive coverage, there will not be a lack of quality and they can feel confident that their needs will be met. Also, the act helps families that already have insurance coverage through their employer or private insurance companies such as Kaiser by providing tax credits of up to 2000 per family per year (ProCon.org). The Affordable Healthcare Act also imposes heavy tax credits depending on household income which will really help more families stay healthy which in turn, is healthier for the community as a whole. This paper will strive to compare and contrast the personal healthcare choices of the writer with the choices of others in the community and determine the relative contribution to the demand for health care. Moreover, the degree of information asymmetry will be address as it relates to, personal asymmetry and how that asymmetry impacts the health care choices of the writer. And finally, HMO, PPO, AND MCO will be explained as it relates to, how these types of coverage’s will benefit by having a person like the writer as a member. As stated earlier there are many health care choices out there to choose from however, having the ability to afford could pose a problem for some. In the writer’s individual case
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