Single-Payer the Only Way to provide Quality Care Single payer is a great idea which positively affects the quality of care patients receive which can change health outcomes for millions of Americans by providing piece of mind whenever a person goes to see a doctor. The cost of care is a problem for a lot of Americans with and without insurance and the system Americans currently have in place provides people with too little, too much, or no access to one of the best medical systems in the world. Americans could fix the issues with our system by adopting a national single payer program, which would drive down costs and improve the quality of care patients receive, when they go to see a physician. Doctor Fredrick Dodge Mott, was the Chief …show more content…
Employers still wanted a way to attract talent so the administration made health insurance tax deductible and permitted increases in coverage for Americans creating the system which Americans have now where millions of Americans are uninsured and the government has been trying to figure out how to insure people who fall into various categories such as, part-time workers, small business owners, retirees, children, etc. From 2005-2015 94% of job growth in the United States was from what’s being called the gig economy where people are temping, contracting, etc. instead of working for a company in a traditional 9-5 capacity making themselves in eligible for benefits (“Is Health Care a Right”). So, less and less people are gaining health care coverage by traditional employer based plans being forced to either go without or to buy insurance privately, according to Mitchell, if Americans enacted a single payer program they would have a more mobile labor market and companies would no longer have to carry the burden of health care coverage for its workforce (Mitchel …show more content…
During this dinner the writer asked about Medicare figures which showed McAllen to be outlier when compared to other hospitals in the area with the same demographics and the doctors admitted overutilization was the cause of the higher costs. A survey conducted by Dartmouth of 800 primary care physicians discovered differences of prescribed treatment based on the region of the country where the physician was located in. The Physicians were asked how they would handle a variety of cases where the best course of action is not entirely clear in the medical field and doctors from certain parts of the country went with more expensive options than others (“The Cost Conundrum”). According to Mitchel, a market based system needs profit and a health care system is driven by people trying to improve their health, but sometimes these goals can conflict with one another creating tension. Everyone is aware of the 20,000 people who, unfortunately, die each year due to lack of access to care, but no one is aware of the 30,000 people who die each year due to overtreatment. The problem with America’s health care system is that it appears people have either too much access, too little access, or no access at all. All health care systems ration because advances always out grow ways to pay