Essays on Universal Health Care

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The paper on Comparative Politics by Maioni, A. (1997, pp. 411-431) makes a comparison between the evolution of the health care systems in two neighboring countries – Canada and the U.S.A. The crux of the argument and facts presented are based on the differences in the governance and political systems of the two countries. The paper tends to argue the facts around the post-depression period of the 1930s and the 1940s where both the countries faced different paths with regard to health care ...

Health care has always been a basic human need and a part of the heritage of people. As a result, health care can be considered as a product of the collective efforts of the previous generations. Moreover, taking into account the fact that every human being represents the human race, he or she has an undeniable claim upon medical aid. However, despite the fact that providing health care is the state’s obligation, its fulfillment encounters numerous problems in the US. American health care has gone through significant historical changes that have led to the recognition of the health ...

The United States health care structure

The United States of America health care system has different features that make it unique among other industrialized nations. The U.S. health care structure created many controversies from health care stakeholders because it lacked uniformity. Americans lacked universal health care coverage before the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. Currently, the U.S. health care structure functions under four major categories namely: Illness prevention; health promotion and maintenance; rehabilitation and long-term care; and diagnosis and treatment (Black & Chitty, 2014). All four functions play different roles in improving health and well-being of Americans in all states and from ...

According to current population reports, 28.5 million of the United States population remained uninsured. Of the 34 member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United States, Poland, ad Greece are the only countries without a universal healthcare system. In many of the cases, advocates for the right to health care often argue that no individual in the developed countries like the United States ought to go without a health insurance. In their arguments, they admit that a right to health care would halt medical bankruptcies, enhance public health, and reduce the general costs of ...

Australia and the USA have different health care systems whose aim is to promote good health of the citizens in the respective countries. Each of the countries has elaborate public and private health care systems managed by the governments, private health insurance companies, individuals, and other organizations. This essay aims at comparing the health care systems in the two countries with an objective to achieve an informed stance on the issue. The Australian health structure is composed of both the private and public players. The system has an explicit financing control to enhance regulation of the essential service. Further, ...

Healthcare ip

The developed nations or the high-income countries in the 21st century offer national and universal health care based on their health policies and laws. However, the United States of America as the superpower, on the other hand, does not have any universal health care programs to the citizens. One primary reason that explains the scenario is that the U.S. has a more expensive system of health care than the other OECD countries. The per capita expenditure that the U.S uses on health care is the highest among the OECD countries. Considering the health care expenditure of the other developed ...

HCA 302. Health Care Organization

Introduction Health care systems are essential in providing security to nation-states world-over, which goes beyond health issues; entire economies depend on such vital system for security. One only has to imagine the devastation of a population by an infectious disease such as HIV/AIDS. Despite having some similarities, health systems vary from one country to the other. Notably, nations design as well as develop their health systems in line with their needs as well as the available resources. The United States and Canada share a border, and thus there is a natural inclination to compare the two health care regimes. ...

The health care system of America has been declining, and over the years, discussions about how to address the said problem has been going on. According to reports, there are several other factors to this issue that should make the health care system one of the country’s priorities. Among Western countries, the United States were found to be spending more on health care than any other progressive nations. Compared to Canada, which was found to have the second highest spending in terms of health care, but in 1990, America has surpassed Canada’s spending by 44% (Cicconi and ...

On 23rd March 2010, the president of the united states Barack Hussein Obama signed into law the Patient and protection affordable care act. This is one of the most important laws signed by President Obama in his entire time as head of state. For this reason, the law went on to get recognized as the Obama care act. Most of the provisions catered for in this law came into force in the year 2014. Many preliminary deliberations and preparations would ensure the law remains efficient and beneficial. This particular law aims to achieve some objectives. The first mandate is ...

Introduction

Medicaid is the public health care system used by the majority of citizens in the US. Health care services have become very expensive in recent days with the price tag of medical services expected to be on a steady rise for the next couple of years. Most citizens are burdened with the heavy cost of medical services. Various states are looking into means by which the Medicaid health plan can be made available to as many citizens as possible. Qualifications for the Medicaid health care plan is based on various factors such as income, disability, family, status and disability ...

On December 12, 2012, the UN adopted a health care resolution asking countries to provide for affordable and quality healthcare for all the people. However this is easier said and done. There are many factors why universal health care still remains a project in the pipeline in many countries. Some countries simply cannot afford to provide subsidized or free medical care to all its citizens, in some countries the medical system is taken over by private corporations and in some countries there is a large scale corruption making it impossible for the government to offer free medical services. In ...

Abstract:

Universal health care is the most debated public health care program in the US. This is a kind of health program that seeks to be funded by the tax payer and is issued by the government. The argument is the benefit it will incur or as some individuals agitate the kind of loses it will bring to the entire economy. According to my cost benefit analysis, I find it more surprising that there is nothing to argue about since health is wealth, the healthier the nation the richer it is. The critics to the above program which is being ...