believe it does not go into enough detail. When President Clinton was trying to pass his health care reform, there was a lot of information that we could research. While researching Governor Jindal’s position he only talked about three areas to change the whole policy. I went to about five websites and most of them said the same thing over and over. The state of Louisiana passed Jindal’s Health Care Reform Act in 2007. In November of 2008, our administration offered the “Louisiana Health First” plan
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Health Care Reform 02-25-2010 The debаte оver heаlth саre refоrm in the United Ѕtаteѕ сenterѕ оn queѕtiоnѕ аbоut whether there iѕ а fundаmentаl right tо heаlth саre, оn whо ѕhоuld hаve ассeѕѕ tо heаlth саre аnd under whаt сirсumѕtаnсeѕ, оn the quаlity асhieved fоr the high ѕumѕ ѕрent, the ѕuѕtаinаbility оf exрenditureѕ thаt hаve been riѕing fаѕter thаn the level оf generаl inflаtiоn аnd the grоwth in the eсоnоmy, the rоle оf the federаl gоvernment in bringing аbоut ѕuсh сhаnge, аnd соnсernѕ оver
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Rural Health Care By: Lurhonda Maxwell, Amanda Hacko, Laura Bottom, Patricia Delaughter, Tamara Boyd and Ta Rhonda Thomas HCS/440 Professor: Chuck Sigmund Due: September 12, 2011 Individuals and families of rural populations are confronted and struggling with the same
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Thorpe, Carolyn T. Thorpe, Korey A. Kennelty, and Nancy Pandhi (2011), examine various levels concerning barriers to health care accessibility for the elderly population. The purpose of the study is to “…identify risk factors, potentially assisting healthcare organizations with targeting policies and interventions designed to improve access in the most vulnerable older adult populations” (Thorpe et al., 2011, p. 1). Categories of distinct classes of older adults were established in the article, placing
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support the design and implementation of quality-improvement initiatives and at the same time, create mechanisms for accountability for quality of care and patient outcomes (Davis & Schoenbaum, 2010). Furthermore, with the momentum in health care reform and other related debates, health care organizations constantly evolving, therefore organizational designs must have an evolving variable tool for improving their performance (Glickman et al., 2007). As
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Features of Health Plans Donna Kimble HCR/220 October 16th, 2013 Harry Holt A health plan is an organization that provides and pays for medical care. Either to an individual or group. There are different kinds of health plans, major which are the more known plans. Some examples would be HIP Ins. Group, Cigna health group, and Aetna group. Next would be state plans, such as Medicaid or child health plus. With state health insurance an individual and family are covered either according
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The insurance companies hold a two sided, and very particular position when it comes to the health care reform. When the health care reform was in its infant stage, and just newly announced the insurers opposed the health care reform, mostly because when the health care reform is fully place the insurers would no longer be able to deny coverage for preexisting conditions. Another down side for insurance companies was the, minimum level of benefits that each insurer needed to provide in their plans
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3 pros 1) Health care has become increasingly unaffordable for businesses and individuals. Businesses and individuals that choose to keep their health plans still must pay a much higher amount. Remember, businesses only have a certain amount of money they can spend on labor. If they must spend more on health insurance premiums, they will have less money to spend on raises, new hires, investment, and so on. Individuals who must pay more for premiums have less money to spend on rent, food, and
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what the United States spends. Sweden is another country with a great health care system. The health care system covers the entire residential population and is paid for through a tax-based program. In 2006, Massachusetts implemented a health care reform through a government agency recently created called Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector. This new government- funded health plan was devised to cover most of the 750,000 uninsured people in the state. The plan still doesn’t cover all 750,000
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MNT Medical News Today. (2013). What is Medicare/Medicaid? Retrieved from. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/medicare-medicaid/ Sebelius, K. (2013). Strengthening Medicare and Medicaid Today and for Tomorrow. Retrieved from. http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/facts/blog/2013/07/medicare-helpsmillions.html Stanton, M. (2013). Learning from what has been. Retrieved from. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/factsheets/costs/costria/index.html U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2013). Retrieved
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