cost of health care
Health Care and its Rising Costs
Dusti Lott
Ashford University
HCA305 – The U.S. Health Care System
Professor Thomas
November 11, 2012
Introduction
The dramatic rise in health care costs over the last century and into the current one has many contributing factors. Although each of these factors is not exclusive, they all have their own distinct personality. Each factor does cross over in to all others to have an affect on each other. We can follow the time line to understand the events that shaped the current costs in healthcare starting with its commercialization and ending with the current reform of the P.P.A.C.A. Comparing the United States health care system to other countries may help with finding solutions and lowering the cost of health care. Technology, or more the advanced technology we posses in the U.S. has had a major impact on the cost of healthcare and the economic influences of our country. The United States health care system has many stakeholders that affect, not only the cost of care, but influence the policies that can shift those costs as well. Health care costs in the United States has, without denial, risen out of control, we need to find recommendations from experts to solve this problem while it still can be and it must be done without losing access of quality care.
Statement of problem
The problem is clear the cost of heath care has skyrocketed out of control. Little has been done to fix the problem and what has been done has not always had the expected effect. Health care is a huge industry in the U.S. and has major effects on the state of our economy. The cost of health care has impacted the health of the U.S. population with most of the negative effects taking shape for the elderly or less advantaged. Rural areas are lacking in access as well as quality, even when the costs are tolerable.
History of problem
Commercialization
For-profit hospitals, this is the direction the U.S. health care system
Dusti Lott
Ashford University
HCA305 – The U.S. Health Care System
Professor Thomas
November 11, 2012
Introduction
The dramatic rise in health care costs over the last century and into the current one has many contributing factors. Although each of these factors is not exclusive, they all have their own distinct personality. Each factor does cross over in to all others to have an affect on each other. We can follow the time line to understand the events that shaped the current costs in healthcare starting with its commercialization and ending with the current reform of the P.P.A.C.A. Comparing the United States health care system to other countries may help with finding solutions and lowering the cost of health care. Technology, or more the advanced technology we posses in the U.S. has had a major impact on the cost of healthcare and the economic influences of our country. The United States health care system has many stakeholders that affect, not only the cost of care, but influence the policies that can shift those costs as well. Health care costs in the United States has, without denial, risen out of control, we need to find recommendations from experts to solve this problem while it still can be and it must be done without losing access of quality care.
Statement of problem
The problem is clear the cost of heath care has skyrocketed out of control. Little has been done to fix the problem and what has been done has not always had the expected effect. Health care is a huge industry in the U.S. and has major effects on the state of our economy. The cost of health care has impacted the health of the U.S. population with most of the negative effects taking shape for the elderly or less advantaged. Rural areas are lacking in access as well as quality, even when the costs are tolerable.
History of problem
Commercialization
For-profit hospitals, this is the direction the U.S. health care system
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