Human Services Privatization Disadvantages

The objective of this paper is to provide a concrete overview, and demonstrate how privatization of public services agencies is taking place in the area of health and human services. I will also look at the rationales behind privatization and the evidences of how effective or problematic this could be for many government agencies. We must agree that privatization is not a new concept and this has been around for a many decades. What is privatization? What are the pros and cons? These questions have been discussed among many import people in society without reaching most of the times an agreeable conclusion. As we all know privatization can be define or refer to the act of transferring ownership of specified property or business operations
We have to understand that health and human services historically have been considered to be one of the greatest achievements in many countries because it provides security and health coverage in our society. We must mention that one the disadvantage when the government provides health and human services for many of us is quality. For the most part the treatment that many people gets under state health insurance or government funded health care system is designed to fit the standard usually approved by the state or government regulations without taking into consideration the real needs of the people. One the most controversial policy is the privatization of public education in our society to a certain degree because it allows parents and low income communities with the chance to send their children to a better funded school. The privatization of some of the school has come under fire because education reform like “NCLB, and Race to the Top” believe that if children do not perform at school, is the school fault. We the public must be open minded and decide what is best for our
Many studies have showed that the private sector excels in using better technology to solve problems. On the other hand many of the government agencies for the most part rely on outdated technology and do not like to take risks to address those problems. Furthermore, for many people in the public sector such as health care workers privatization come with a high price, it threatens jobs security, pay, benefits, working conditions as well as career opportunities. Privatization also affects the public when it comes to public services, it means less quality, less access to health care and