999 Search Results for Current Issues in Health Policy and Health Reform
S. have a culture of poverty?
Understanding poverty in the U.S. requires looking beyond the current generation. Viewed more broadly, poverty today is directly linked to the opportunities enjoyed and challenges faced by previous generations (Ehrenrei Continue Reading...
Obamacare good for the economy?
The issue must be looked at from three points-of-view, One the development that goes on in the health care and how the policy ahs affected the health care industry and particularly various sections of the society, se Continue Reading...
When facts can be so easily distorted by trusted figures broadcasting on stations or channels that ostensibly report the news, however, and when enormous fortunes are made by political parties and media entities themselves through the work (i.e. The Continue Reading...
Abbott Labs Lobbying Recommendations
Lobbying Recommendations for Abbott Labs
Fiscal policies by the Federal and State governments have a direct effect on the ability of Abbott Labs to remain in a growth position. As a member of the drug and medica Continue Reading...
Schlesinger describes four main themes relating to the notion of a shared household. These are:
Collective responsibility for medical care or cost-
Family members have collective responsibility and commitment in regard to certain burdens (such as Continue Reading...
Medicaid offers service regardless of age (Waidmann 1998). The author asserts that raising the age eligibility will simply increase the responsibilities of the Medicaid system (Waidmann 1998).. On the other hand, the article also asserts that an inc Continue Reading...
Clayton Christensen teamed up with Jerome Grossman, and Jason Hwang, both medical doctors, to bring a thoroughly researched insight into a disruptive solution for efficient value-added health care in "The Innovator's Prescription." He previously wrot Continue Reading...
"Twenty-one State Attorneys General have filed suits to protect their citizens from being forced, in violation of the Constitution, to purchase government-approved health insurance" (Obamacare: Impact on States 4).
Doctors are drastically being cut Continue Reading...
Conservatives consistently argue for less and less support of the poor and those who cannot fully care for themselves, like children, the elderly, and those with disabilities while progressives argue precisely the opposite. Indeed, this is one of th Continue Reading...
Karen Ignagni, AHIP's president asserts that 77% of all Americans are satisfied with their health insurance coverage. However, the same June survey by the New York Times and CBS News cited by Ignagni also found that 72% of all Americans support the Continue Reading...
Fraudulent activities such as these resulted in violations under the act, including a fine of not more than $25,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.
Analysis of Current Fraud legal analysis of the current fraud committed in Continue Reading...
Infant Mortality
Health Care Disparities in Infant Mortality
Numerous empirical studies have demonstrated a significant discrepancy in survival rates of newborns of different race. It has been shown that black infants are two times more likely to d Continue Reading...
Population
The accessibility and affordability of medical care is significantly promoted and influenced by health insurance since it protects against risks of costly and unexpected medical events. However, many underinsured Americans i.e. both the Continue Reading...
But what is the real story of ACA and what are the legitimate complaints against it?
According to a story in the New Republic (Cohn, 2010, p. 1) the Republican Party and Tea Party members have made hay this election season by attacking ACA. The GO Continue Reading...
writergirl Please answer questions straight acceding order. 1)Discuss role federal, state, local legislation related health care?(100) 2) How federal, state, local legislation compare similarities differences? Provide examples.
The role of the fede Continue Reading...
3. The current emphasis on wellness as the overall goal of health care has placed considerable pressure on the health care educational system (Kreitzer, 2009). The wellness emphasis has caused the health care educational system to focus its attenti Continue Reading...
Political Activism in Nursing
There exists a dire need and urgency for a change in political and legislative advocacy in health care system. It has been observed that most of the female health care workers including nurses are facing problems with t Continue Reading...
Sugary sodas contain corn syrup, but the American Agricultural Department subsidizes American farmers for growing corn, and this is one of the reasons that high-fructose corn syrup is so ubiquitous in the food supply. We are taxing corn syrup and su Continue Reading...
Another example of policy approach is given by the editors' arguments that, in order to successfully implement the 10x Program and restore the balance between the primary and specialty care within the United States, a new policy approach is necessa Continue Reading...
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Clearly, since the focus of these articles are based on an institutional economics point-of-view of healthcare quality, a limitation of the study is that it does not take into consideration other variables that might influence the ef Continue Reading...
Another study found that there are many different strategies that are utilized when information technology is developed within the federal government and many of these tend to come not from the top managers but from the management instead (Gupta, Ho Continue Reading...
Laws and Health Care
The health care industry has undergone massive overhaul in recent times and the impact of the laws and regulations that accompany this change have deep and resounding effects on the way professionals approach their industry. The Continue Reading...
Strategic Planning
Present how strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems are interrelated and fundamental to the delivery of quality health care.
Over the last several years, the health care system has been facing conside Continue Reading...
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
Decreasing the health care-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) is a goal that most hospitals and doctors are trying to do. The purpose of this project was to create a gathering count starting Continue Reading...
Malpractice in Advanced Nursing Practice
A CLOSER LOOK
Legal/Ethical Principles
When nurses pursued independent practice outside hospitals, the law supported their bid to breach traditional roles (Kjervik & Brous, 2013). This phenomenon was de Continue Reading...
It is at this point when new ideas will be studied and analyzed as part of the process. This will ensure that a variety of perspectives are taken into account by government officials. (Bardach, 2000)
In the case of the PRWORA, this process means lo Continue Reading...
..bad investment choices, in addition to the underwriting cycle, have led to dwindling profits for insurers, who then try to recoup their losses through over-priced insurance products. Lawyers and consumer groups generally support efforts to reform t Continue Reading...
The Act authorizes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract out with private health insurers to offer at a minimum of two multi-state qualified health plans (to include at least one non-profit) to provide individual or small group cover Continue Reading...
Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations and their support from Congress. With Barack Obama the first Democratic president since Bill Clinton, there are bound to be comparisons between the two administrations. They have some commonalities, such as a Continue Reading...
She also clearly makes a stand against continuing to rely to any large degree on non-renewable resources and giving the scientific community more authority and right.
Clinton Platform;
Clinton's platform is currently relying very heavily upon the Continue Reading...
Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR):
Bush administration has been criticized for favoring drilling operations in the Wild Life Refuge while Hillary Clinton has not been in favor of drilling there. She has called for limited (saf Continue Reading...
Over the course of time, this will offer a first step in addressing these challenges. (Smith, 2008) ("Affordable Care Act," 2010)
Conclusion
Clearly, minorities are not receiving the same kind of treatment for health care services in comparison wi Continue Reading...
Indeed, dental issues are a big problem, but in fact they are just the top of the iceberg which is the American medical system. Even if there have been serious attempts to reform the system and introduce a universal means of publicly financing medic Continue Reading...
Congressperson
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 has become a contentious political issue, which I am sure your office is well aware of. As a future health care administrator and as an American citizen in your constituency, I w Continue Reading...
The variability in problems faced by the King Edward Hospital NHS Trust during the period in question, instigated a multi-level response in knowledge sharing and inclusion on practice. Kotter's theory relies upon such a method, where strategies are Continue Reading...
The plaintiff, however, has a burden of proof prior to any other technical issues. In addition, because of the nature of the allegation, and the fact that normal members of a jury or judge cannot be expected to understand complext medical terms and Continue Reading...
This decision to self-regulate dove tails with the recommendations of the taskforce report of 1995 and provides the consumer with the ability to have some control over his or her health care choices (Lunstroth, 2006).
UTAH
Although formal continu Continue Reading...
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Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a new health insurance reform associated with direct advantages besides the minimal drawbacks. One advantage of this reform relates to health care intensity and quality. As a result, the cost of health care services diffe Continue Reading...