Responding to Health Policy DiscussionBukola O.The Health Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) is an excellent federal program that can positively affect the community if well implemented and embraced by the community members (Cantor et al., 2020). Howev Continue Reading...
The Impact of State Health Policies on Healthcare Quality: An Analysis of the 2022 State Health System Performance ScorecardIntroductionThe 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance by the Commonwealth Fund gives an overview of how different Continue Reading...
Secondary Analysis of Archived Data (SAAD) in Public Health ResearchIn public health research, accessing appropriate data sets is often crucial for addressing pressing issues like maternal mortality. While some researchers conduct original research, Continue Reading...
The Medicaid Health Care ProgramIntroductionMedicaid was formed in the year 1965 as a public insurance program to provide health coverage to families and individuals that earned low incomes. The people that the Medicaid insurance program covers inclu Continue Reading...
Budgetary Analysis Process for Budgetary Policies and Assigned Legislative Committees A government budget can be defined as an official contract or arrangement that specifies the amount of revenue to be raised, where such revenues will be sourced, Continue Reading...
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/Impact of ACA from the Organizational and the Patients view Impact of the Affordable Care act (ACA) on the population that it affected Impact of the economics of providing care to patients from the organiz Continue Reading...
Unintended Consequences of Health Care Reform Consequences of Health Care Reform My discussion is related to the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010. The policy problems addressed by the Patient Pro Continue Reading...
There will no longer be automatic re-enrollment for recipients. The plan seeks to cut the cost of Medicaid by moving at least half of the recipients out of the program (Medicaid changes on the horizon in Illinois, 2011, Quad City Times). Even Presi Continue Reading...
Reduce Medicaid Program Costs and Enhance Utilization and the Quality of Care Through Medicaid Managed Care Medicaid is a type of health insurance provided and funded by the federal government and states to provide coverage to all Americans who are Continue Reading...
Affordable Health Care Act Impact of the affordable health care act The affordable health care act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, brought a set of health care reforms aimed at making health consumers to be responsible for their health care. Th Continue Reading...
Reimbursement Payment for healthcare services is one of the issues that has been the subject of numerous debates and most reformed aspects of the healthcare sector in the United States. This issue has attracted considerable attention because of the i Continue Reading...
The fears of the elderly were rooted in the fact that the reforms would eliminate "the tax deductibility of the 28% federal subsidy, known as the retiree drug subsidy (RDS), for employers who provide creditable prescription drug coverage to Medicar Continue Reading...
Medicare and Medicaid Medicare is a federal governed program that pays for hospital and medical care for elderly and certain disabled Americans while Medicaid is a means tested health and medical services program for certain individuals and families Continue Reading...
In 2003, President Bush expanded Medicare, by subsidizing prescription drug costs under Part D. There are further changes to Medicare and Medicaid in the Affordable Care Act. There were expansions in the number of preventative health care services Continue Reading...
Economic Forces and Health Care Evaluation of Economic Forces and Impact on Health Care This paper examines the impact of economic forces on the health care industry and health care management. According to Economy Watch, the health care industry p Continue Reading...
Medicaid and the ACA Discuss the issues central to the expansion of Medicaid created by the Affordable Care Act. From state policy perspective is this a good way to increase access to healthcare at a reasonable cost? Be sure to discuss the success s Continue Reading...
Budget and Resource Allocation Influence of Political Interest Groups on the Educational Policy Making Process Introduction State support for public education has wavered over time as a consequence of other competing interests. This is more so the ca Continue Reading...
" (Jacobs and Skocpol, 2007) Brown and Sparer (2003) state that Medicare is "...administered by the federal government. Not only eligibility criteria and financing policy but also the benefit package, policies governing payments to providers, and de Continue Reading...
Pending Legislation The concept of providing basic healthcare services individuals in need has undergone an agonizing transition, from a luxury once only afforded by the affluent to a basic human right granted to citizens of every economic station, Continue Reading...
affordable Care Act (also known as the ACA or Obamacare) on the elderly Obamacare: Its impact upon the elderly The impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (often called 'Obamacare') upon America is often discussed by politicians as if it had a uni Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act (ACA) On March 2010, the U.S. Congress passed the Patient Affordable Care Act (ACA), a portion of legislation intended to redesign the nation's healthcare framework and amplify health protection to a huge number of uninsured Amer Continue Reading...
HEALTHCARE Healthcare: Analysis of Medicare-Medicaid and Presidential Candidates Positions on HealthMedicare and Medicaid are two types of health coverage granted to people above 65 years or who have a low socioeconomic status (Cotton et al., 2016; A Continue Reading...
Employer Healthcare Benefit Plans More than half of the American population is covered by a comprehensive health plan of one type or another. That's approximately 160 million people. The programs that come under the above mentioned coverage include Continue Reading...
Diversity of Aging Population -- Innovative Healthcare Over the past several decades there has been an avalanche of research and scholarly narratives focusing on the aging of millions of Americans -- among them the "baby boomers" that were born betw Continue Reading...
Health and Well-Being of a Chosen Group: Diagnosed mental disorders Barriers Barriers to assistance for diagnosed mental disorders exist on the individual, community, and social level. On an individual level, people are often reluctant to admit t Continue Reading...
Week 6 AssignmentWrite an essay about a current event elated to health policy. It could be local, state, national, or internationalOn 11th March 2021, a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 Stimulus Bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden. In essence, the Continue Reading...
PUBLIC HEALTH 12Week 5 Assignment:Why were American Businesses Originally Motivated to offer healthcare to their employeeS? How does this choice influence healthcare in America today?The system of employer-sponsored insurance is largely a result of o Continue Reading...
NFIB vs. The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act brought to the Supreme Court by 26 states of the United States to determine its constitutionality, was confirmed by the courts as was expected by many people. The case was between National Fed Continue Reading...
Budget Plan for $10 Million Fund Allocation Positive economic development in any city in the United States relies on the provision of effective, efficient, and strong infrastructures that will attract investment to generate job opportunities in the Continue Reading...
" (National Conference of State Legislatures Forum for State Health Policy Leadership, 2007). However, regardless of state, the applicants have to meet certain qualifications. First, applicants have to be both uninsured and not eligible for Medicaid Continue Reading...
Health Care Reform Effecting Public Health United States Healthcare reform is an integral part of the United States healthcare system. Below is an evaluation of the effects healthcare reform has had on healthcare in the U.S. Internet sources as well Continue Reading...
Maternal MortalityIntroductionMaternal mortality is a serious public health concern in the United States, with rates that are disproportionately higher among Black and Hispanic women compared to their white counterparts. According to recent data, the Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act decreased the number of Americans without health insurance by the millions, which was its primary objective. It used three different mechanisms to achieve this goal -- the expansion of Medicaid, the insurance exchanges, and the ex Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act What is the ACA? The 2010 Affordable Care Act or the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - HR3590), nicknamed Obamacare, is the latest American healthcare reform legislation. The PPACA encompasses the Patient Prot Continue Reading...
Universal healthcare does not provide adequate access to primary care and preventive services. Patients under Medicaid program find it extremely difficult to access healthcare system. Physician participation in Medicaid has been hampered by their lo Continue Reading...
health care industry, in terms of the economics of that business, and how it is structured. The Affordable Care Act was introduced in 2010 in order to address some of the issues that are inherent in the health care industry, namely a high rate of un Continue Reading...
