Health Care Reform Project Part 2
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Health Care Reform Project Part 2
Kelly Jones
HCS/440
May 25, 2015
Lori Geddes One solution to managed care in health care is the keeping the cost of the health care down. According to "Health Care Cost Control: Getting on the Right Track" (2002), “A real solution will, of necessity, involve pain for all players in health care: employers, government, providers, insurers, pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, and consumers.” To regain control over the heath care crisis the purchasers and the consumers need to come together and decide what the best resolution would be best for them. They will also need to determine what it is that they are willing to sacrifice in order to reduce the high rate of the health care cost. If this doesn’t work the only other alternative would be for the government to step in and decide what needs to mandated, nobody wants this to happen. Another solution to managed care in health care is access to affordable health care. According to “Health Care in Chaos: Will We Ever See Real Managed Care“ ”Lack of insurance coverage causes people not only to avoid preventive care, but to delay seeking illness care until later into the episode of illness.” The underinsured or uninsured will wait until they absolutely have to or need to be seen and end up going to the Emergency room costing themselves and other a lot more money out of pocket. If managed care was more affordable then there would be a lot less people needing insurance along with better health for those individuals. There are an increased number of uninsured people in the United States to roughly around 45.6 million people (Health Care in Chaos: Will We Ever See Real Managed Care). Quality of care in managed care is another issue that is happening. “Medicare HMO enrollees with chronic conditions showed worse quality of care.”(Miller, 2015). The quality of care with HMO’s can be considered poorly done. Most people
Health Care Reform Project Part 2
Kelly Jones
HCS/440
May 25, 2015
Lori Geddes One solution to managed care in health care is the keeping the cost of the health care down. According to "Health Care Cost Control: Getting on the Right Track" (2002), “A real solution will, of necessity, involve pain for all players in health care: employers, government, providers, insurers, pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, and consumers.” To regain control over the heath care crisis the purchasers and the consumers need to come together and decide what the best resolution would be best for them. They will also need to determine what it is that they are willing to sacrifice in order to reduce the high rate of the health care cost. If this doesn’t work the only other alternative would be for the government to step in and decide what needs to mandated, nobody wants this to happen. Another solution to managed care in health care is access to affordable health care. According to “Health Care in Chaos: Will We Ever See Real Managed Care“ ”Lack of insurance coverage causes people not only to avoid preventive care, but to delay seeking illness care until later into the episode of illness.” The underinsured or uninsured will wait until they absolutely have to or need to be seen and end up going to the Emergency room costing themselves and other a lot more money out of pocket. If managed care was more affordable then there would be a lot less people needing insurance along with better health for those individuals. There are an increased number of uninsured people in the United States to roughly around 45.6 million people (Health Care in Chaos: Will We Ever See Real Managed Care). Quality of care in managed care is another issue that is happening. “Medicare HMO enrollees with chronic conditions showed worse quality of care.”(Miller, 2015). The quality of care with HMO’s can be considered poorly done. Most people
References: Health Care Cost Control: Getting on the Right Track. (2002). Retrieved from http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0202/0202.edge.html Huntington, J., (Jan. 6, 1997) "Health Care in Chaos: Will We Ever See Real Managed Care?" Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol. 2, No. 1, Manuscript 1. Managed Care: Get Used to It. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/business/14views.html?_r=0 Miller, R.H. (2015). Does managed care lead to better or worse quality of care? Retrieved from http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/16/5/7.short