Tiffanny Santos Week 4 Outline Intro: For someone like me who has no health insurance it is very hard to keep up with my healthcare‚ but with the new health care laws that are coming about it may be a little easier for people to stay healthy. Thesis: Healthcare is a very important part of life‚ it keeps people healthy‚ but is also non-affordable if you do not have any health insurance. A. Why is healthcare important? Longer more productive living for one To ensure a healthy
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Medicare Medicare was established in 1965 to guarantee elderly Americans access to quality health care regardless of their financial circumstances. Medicare spends more than $200 billion a year and it will increase‚ partly because greater numbers of Americans will become eligible for coverage when the baby boomers begin to turn sixty-five after 2010. According to the article The Political Economy of Medicare by Bruce C. Vladeck‚ to understand the political economy of Medicare it is necessary
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Health insurance protects you from the high cost of medical care by providing coverage for specific health care services. Although you generally pay a monthly premium and either co-payments or co-insurance‚ the cost for insurance is far less than medical care would be if paid fully out-of-pocket. I do not think there should be limits on the amount of health care provided. The easiest way for everyone to have equal access to health care is to have it financed by the government. Like in Canada where
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HIPAA is a very important health care law that all health care providers are required to comply with and is designed to simplify administrative aspects of health care. Established in 1996 HIPAA is used to protect and secure the privacy of patients’ health care information and health insurance portability. It also standardizes electronic data transactions(Austin‚ Wetle‚ & Wetle‚ 2012). Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA is a federally enacted law‚ although if the state
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HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION (HMO) • An organization that provides health coverage with providers under contract • Differs from traditional health insurance by the contracts it has with its providers. These contracts allow for premiums to be lower: • Because the health providers has the advantage of having patients directed to them • But these contracts also add additional restrictions to the HMO members. • HMOs provide health care to their members through networks
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History of Health Insurance Medical cost has become very pricey and the United States did not always have health insurance. There are millions of people uninsured and its causing a heated debate in the United States. But does anyone know the history of health insurance and how it came about or even how has it become a big issue in the United States? The American life insurance system was established in the mid-1700s. But health insurance did not merge until 1850 when the Franklin Health Assurance
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Health Care Providers Respiratory therapists care for people of all ages with restricted breathing problems such as emphysema‚ chronic obstructed pulmonary disease and asthma. Respiratory therapists may work in hospitals‚ long term care facilities‚ physicians’ offices‚ and home health services. Respiratory therapists must have an associate’s degree‚ although most have a both an associates and bachelor’s degree from an accredited college. They are licensed in all states except Alaska (Bureau of
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Community Health Issues Case Study HCM 5102 Jordan Seidle Fox School of Business MBA Candidate Middleboro Community Health Issues Introduction The county of Hillsboro appears to be a rural‚ and somewhat isolated‚ conservative community with some common healthcare related issues that are present in many other rural communities. Educational levels for community members are relatively low‚ and much of the workforce in the area comes from manufacturing facilities. Due to higher health related
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important not only in homes but also in the work place because it helps the job to be more successful. Effective communication is essential in health care because it allows individuals and teams to have access to adequate and timely information necessary to perform their role effectively and appropriately. Effective communication is essential in health care. Information sent from one party to the next must be properly interpreted or else there will be errors in the communication process. The elements
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Features of Private Payer and Consumer-Driven Health Plans Stephanie Allen HCR 230 Sunday‚ May 8‚ 2011 Heather Csanky Features of Private Payer and Consumer-Driven Health Plans There are several types of private payer plans including preferred provider organizations (PPO’s)‚ health maintenance organizations (HMO’s)‚ and point of service (POS). Indemnity plans would cost the most for employees and they usually choose a PPO plan. A trend that is gaining popularity with employees and employers
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