Rationing Healthcare: America ’s Best Bet John Curry Keller Graduate School Health Rights/Responsibilities HSM 542 Prof. Michelle Gomillion February 24‚ 2013 Abstract Rationing Healthcare: America ’s Best Bet Introduction. Within the last decade private insurance premiums have doubled‚ rising four times faster than wages. Insolvency of the current government assisted healthcare programs‚ Medicare and Medicaid‚ are on track to occur within the next eight years (Singer‚ 2009‚ para. 3)
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When it comes to health care I think it should be available to everyone. Free insurance would be nice‚ sure‚ for everyone who is working‚ going to school‚ raising their family‚ or has served in the military‚ but that isn’t possible. If free isn’t possible‚ can it at least be afforadable? Even with the Affordable Care Act the insurance isn’t affordable and people are still getting turned down for "making too much money." A single parent‚ working full time‚ with one child can’t even get covered by
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Disparities in healthcare refers to differences between ethnic groups in health insurance coverage‚ access to care‚ and the quality of care. Although the term disparities is often used to describe racial or ethnic disparities‚ there are many dimensions of disparity that exist in the U.S. "There’s evidence indicating that socioeconomic status‚ racial discrimination‚ and their consequences play a substantial role in health disparities in the U.S." Research shows that racial and ethnic disparities in
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In a recent article on healthcare‚ entitled Value in Cancer Care‚ it was announced the American Society of Clinical Oncology are proposing to provide “a tool to help patients decide if cancer drugs are worth it”. A group of doctors are proposing this tool to give people a way of measuring “what treatment will cost them and how much good it is likely to do” in making an informed decision on their care. (Marchione‚ 2015) The reason for this is cited as being due to the rising cost of cancer treatment
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Healthcare in Norway Norway is a country where everyone regardless of economic status has access to basic medical care. It is located in northern Europe and it borders the North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean‚ it is also next to Sweden‚ Finland and Russia. At the beginning of this year‚ 2013‚ there were 5‚051‚300 residents in Norway (Solholm‚ 2013). The country has a total land area of 386‚958 km. Norway has been a political Constitutional State since 1814; it dissolved its union with Sweden in 1905
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still suffer from underinsurance‚ lower commensurate of health service and the inability to access health care. Then the government did something. By mandating the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law‚ the government fundamentally changes the health care system in the United States. The most important measures addressed by the law are: expansion of the Medicaid to cover the nation’s poorest‚ requiring all US citizens and legal residents to have health insurance‚ regulating health plans
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Logistics Questions – Ellen’s part (1-5) 1. 1) What is Supply Chain Mgmt‚ and with what issues does it concern itself with? Briefly name and explain the 5 core principles of SCM. Supply Chain Mgmt is a set of approaches used to efficiently integrate suppliers‚ manufacturers‚ warehouses‚ and customers so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the right quantities‚ to the right locations‚ and at the right time in order to minimize system wide costs while satisfying service-level requirements
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Macroeconomics of Healthcare Douglas A. Propp‚ MD‚ MS‚ FACEP‚ CPE Chair‚ Department of Emergency Medicine Advocate-Lutheran General Hospital Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine University of Chicago As Emergency Physicians‚ we are frequently peripherally exposed to healthcare economic statistics‚ policies‚ and debates with little concern for mastering these concepts‚ feeling that they have little to do with our practice of Emergency Medicine. Although a working knowledge
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how the finances will be covered. Health Care Expenditures Healthcare spending within the United States (U.S.) is continually rising. In 2011‚ U.S. health care spending increased 3.9%. The total for health care spending was $2.7 trillion; the largest amount spent in U.S. history. This figures out to approximately $8‚680 per person. Although health care spending increased significantly‚ its share of national spending did not change in 2011. The portion of Americans’ dollars spent on health care
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1 November 2012 The Benefits of Technology in Healthcare The development of technology has changed the world in so many ways‚ mostly for the positive. Most people think technology just stops with their iPhones‚ TV’s‚ and computers‚ but in the world of healthcare it strives far beyond that. Health care‚ hospitalization and even a trip to the doctors office are much more effective and proactive these days than they have been in the past due to the advancement in technology. Better technology and
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