U.S. Systems for Health Care Delivery
The earliest health care scheme in the United States of America started in 1854, by the governmental Bill, which gave asylums to the people of unsound mind, blind, and those with hearing challenges using the federal regulations. The bill was passed by both houses though Franklin Pierce, who was the president, vetoed it. In the later days of the Civil War, a national medical care was established by the federal government that led to the building of forty hospitals, employment of one hundred and twenty physicians, and treatment of millions of sick people and slaves in the USA (McCarthy, 2014). In the twentieth century, health care delivery systems have advanced and technology is endorsed for efficiency, and it is readily available around all the states.
The current healthcare in the US is optimal, and the population receives quality services that are coordinated by the public health system. The primary aim of the scheme is to reduce the illness burden, disabilities, and injuries, and ensure all the people in the country are functioning well. In the nation, there are hospitals, clinics, other health care facilities, and insurance plans that operate as private or public ventures to give health services for free or at a pay (Howard, 2008). Various professionals such as nurses, gynecologists, physicians, and consultants are available full time to offer the health care services.
Health care is free to any person visiting the public health centers and in the case of a referral to the private sectors, there are minimal charges incurred. For convenience in accessing health services, citizens should take insurance cover since when they fall sick, they can visit any unit, and the insurance company will cater for the costs. All the industries should ensure their staffs are well taken care of by having in place safety rules and in the case of injuries, they should give all the necessary treatments.
References
Howard, D. (2008). Introduction to the US Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America. JAMA, 299(1).
McCarthy, M. (2014). US health systems made very few gains in the years before the affordable care Act, the report says. BMJ, 348(may02 4), g3059-g3059.
