Health care and everything that it surrounds is continuously changing on a daily basis. There are many milestones that helped shape the health care industry. Some of these milestones of past and present are the substantial growth of uninsured Americans, the rising cost of health insurance and premiums, and The Health Care Reform Act. The financial aspect and technology has also changed healthcare. More money is being spent on technology which allows better treatment for patients. Advanced technology has led to better health care quality and the reduction of medical errors. There are social dynamics that also helped shape healthcare. The changes in demographic across the country play a major role in the type of health care that is needed and available for a specific group of people depending on where they stay and their income. Some of the major fluctuating and daunting challenges in health care management are operating cost, government mandate and regulation, and the new system put in place to comply with the ICD-10 diagnosis code system. All of these things play a major role in health care and the changes that are happening everyday.
The amount of people who are uninsured in the United States is substantial. Most people who do not have insurance are low income working families. In most instances, the adults are the ones who are not insured but the children are. The reason for the rise of uninsured Americans is the high price of health insurance and the loss of jobs due to recession. “Growth in Uninsured” (2005) states that at a November 4 policy briefing examining the latest health coverage trends and the implications for the nation’s healthcare safety net, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured profiled the growing uninsured population and portrayed the healthcare safety net as increasing straining to meet uninsured people’s needs.