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Healthcare Reform
The debate over whether to create or change major governmental policy regarding health care coverage through public sector insurance programs or private insurance companies.
491 Questions
Who actually wrote the house health care bill?
(1) I suspect a hand picked group of Ivy league professors & interns (law).
(2) Actually, this Senate Bill was never intended to become law. It was a jumbled up mish-mash of bargaining points expected to be combined with the House version in Conference Committee. But, in the rush to get this monstrosity passed, there was never a Conference Committee; therefore, never discussed by the House & Senate, with no Congressional "intent of Congress" and no "blue book" (which is like minutes taken at meetings of all conversations, etc.) Without the "intent" and "blue book", the regulation writers who tried to decipher this mess did the best they could with what they had to work with, which is why none of it makes a whole lot of sense.
Is there an official email address for health care reform?
You can go to WhiteHouse.gov and click on a variety of topics.You may get a reply, but itis a standard form letter or some unwanted e-mail from David Axelrod like I did. I never addressed any questions or remarks to him. Be aware that any personal info you give must by law , be retained by the White House, and I have no idea with whom they share their contact lists.
Write to the email addresses of your representatives in the Senate and House of Representatives to express your opinions on healthcare reform.
How much is the cost of the health care reform per taxpayer?
The CBO estimated that the cost of HR3240 is 1 trillion dollars over 10 years. There are about 130 million taxpayers per 2005 data. So it would cost about $750 per taxpayer per year.
Has any branch of government voted on health care reform?
Has any branch of government voted on health care reform?
When will universal healthcare be implemented?
HR3240 calls for the employer mandate to go in effect in 2013 with an additional 30 million people being covered in 2019. The CBO estimate on HR 3240 contains a timeline with the number of people covered, and uninsured. All of this assumes that the bill passes.
What do you think about healthcare reform?
I think we are focusing too much on so called "reform", when it is actually just a reform of the payment system. We should be focusing more on preventing disease, education, rewards for positive health decisions and less on how we are going to pay for the people to get sick by their own hand. Aberrant behaviors such as obesity, smoking, drinking in excess, drug addiction, inactivity, all contribute to the burden of the current system. Lets look on reforming behaviors first. Reward the good behaviors, make bad behaviors less attractive.
Physicians, nurses and select medical personnel should be more involved in health care reform - they are the ones on the front line. Having someone who sits in an office or who practiced 20 years ago, making health care decisions for today's market, is folly.
Certainly government personnel are the absolute worst choice for health care policy making. People are being fooled by the false claims that are out there - on both sides.As an RN, I totally agree that we need more medical professionals helping to educate the general public on this subject and to enable and push for corrections of the current poorly designed system. That is why I strive to give some of that education myself.
I also agree that politicians are the wrong people to design the corrective actions and to make the policies that should be put in place. In today's US Congress, we can see clearly that we can not trust them to make decisions for the good of the people, and I'm becoming weary of their inability to make any decisions and angry about their ties to the rewards from lobbyists.
Rewarding good behavior is a good idea, however, first we need to address the problem of children and adults who are dying from medical conditions that are not due to excesses or unhealthy practices. They are dying because the care they need is no longer affordable and often over-priced. This is why reform is needed.
And, I most heartedly agree that we should all learn and practice better wellness behaviors.
But, I do not agree that most of the people who are uninsured and needing health care services in the US are sick "from their own hand", in fact...that would more likely apply to the wealthy who can well afford those behaviors and their resulting healthcare costs.
Rewarding good behavior is a good idea, however, the immediate
need is to address the problem of so many children and adults dying from conditions that are not due to excesses or unhealthy practices. Too many are dying right now every day because the care they need is not affordable. This is really why reform of the health care and insurance systems is critical right now:
A Harvard study found that 45,000 deaths per year
in the US today are a direct result of a lack of appropriate and timely care, because it was not affordable. A link about that study is in the related links section.
Where can you find a copy of the healthcare reform bill?
Actually one bill has not been chosen yet. Though several sketches of bills that the various Congressional groups have been working on have been published in various online news stories, a final vote has still not taken place. Search the internet for HR-3240 and you will find it, but it is reportedly 1000 pages long of legal jargon. I found that the CBO's report on HR 3240 was fairly informative and is a brief 17 pages.
What events took place in 1998?
- January 1 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants.
1. Describe the major trends in the evolution of health care services in the United States over the past 100 years. The major trends in the evolution of health care services in the United States has change over four consecutive time periods in the development of health care. During the 1850s hospitals were developed marking the beginning of organizing of health care, in the 1900s the movement of health care into the era of scientific medicine. World War II and the years to follow until 1980 was a major social and political development, while the years 1980 to the present represented the change of health care, from a primary clinically driven system to one that was increasingly economically driven.
How much does healthcare cost for the average American?
16% of the GDP and growing. Simply too much of it going to administration and CEO pay not the welfare of the sick.
Define the term ' duty of care'?
Its a legal obligation to look after and care for any vulnerable individual that is unable in any capacity to look after themselves. Actually by law, everyone owes a duty of care to everyone else, wehther vulnerable or not.
What is the relationship between health care productivity and health economics?
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How do you find BSNL Consumer Number?
There are two ways to know your consumer number.
1. Call 1500(toll free number) from BSNL landline and ask the executive for your consumer number.
2. If you have a copy of telephone bill, it has the consumer number printed on it.
That's it!!!
Health care reform is the idea that the current health care system must be
changed because it is not effective, wise or fair.
Currently there is a debate in the United States about what health care reform should look like for Americans.
The United States enacted legislation March 23, 2010 that improves health care access and strengthens insurance oversight, adopting methods piloted by individual state systems.
What is the average cost of Healthcare?
There are so many different programs out there that your question is very difficult to answer. People pay for health care via PPOs, HMOs, private pay, employer health programs, and government assistance (Medicaid/Medicare).
When did healthcare become free?
In the United States, healthcare is not free. However, in 2012, it became mandatory for all citizens to purchase insurance.
Why is American healthcare privatized?
It's all a scheme to get money for the government.
Or.. more likely, its a scheme to get money for the big insurance companies' stockholders and some individual politicians that they have "bought". It results in healthcare costs for individual Americans that is higher than most civilized countries in the world even though the medical outcomes of the care are sub-standard when compared to health and death rates in other world healthcare models.
What is the definition of healthcare management?
Health Care Management is the study of some aspects of health care, includingthe areas of health care policy, international health care systems, economy of health care, quality assurance, as it relates to the prevention, treatment and management of illness.
What are the principles of good objectives?
The principles of good objectives include values that create goals which drives normative behavior. It also includes determining the type of output desired.
What is meant by effective communication?
Effective communication is when you and the one your talking with is seeing your point and your seeing their point. You have to have good eye contact and speak loudly enough for them to hear you, you also need to speak well so they can understand what you are saying. If none of this works then you are clearly not showing effective communication.
Why are patients seeking alternative health care options?
One reason is the high cost of conventional medicene.
What is the definition of multidisciplinary when used in health and social care?
What is the definition of multi-disciplinary within a health care setting?
What are arguments for pro-Socialized health care?
with socialized healthcare, the motivation in hospitals is to treat people, as money is not an issue. When hospitals and pharmaceutical companies are run privately they are businesses, meaning they will do what is best and most profitable for them, and sometimes treating patients isn't ideal for the profits, so they turn them away without a problem. You may pay taxes to help support a socialized healthcare service, however, if you happened to have an accident and require a very, very expensive procedure to possibly save your life, a business may tell you that you need to cough up your life savings because your insurance won't cover it (by the way, health insurance companies don't care about you either, they want your money, and they want to give out as little as possible)but the small amount of taxes you pay will be paid off massively when you walk away with your body intact and no less money in the bank to carry on with a normal life. The criticism is that you may pay taxes and never have to use the services of a doctor, wait a minute, isn't that exactly the same as paying for health insurance and never using a doctor, i believe it is. Only with taxes, there are no secret hidden charges or things that they just can't cover, whereas a particular operation might not be covered by health insurance and you just didn't read the contract correctly. Socialized healthcare still allows for private healthcare businesses to operate, so for those people that have the money, there are ways to skip the queues and get a nicer bed in a nicer hospital, but those people who can't afford private insurance get access to the healthcare everyone should have, as a basic human right. Remember business is war, its fighting, its competition, and customers are there to be won over and used, all in the name of profits, and that's fine, that's capitalism, its how the we operate and it allows for dreams to be possible, but when we're talking about basic healthcare, its not the right path
instances of failure in health maintenance. these include
1. illness states, regardless of whether it is diagnosed or undiagnosed
2. failure to thrive/develop according to normal rate.
