Health Care Policy

Health Care Policy The many issues that the United States faces are the economy, health care and laws. All of these issues tie into one another because if the economy is bad, people have a hard time paying for health insurance and the new laws and policies make it where it is necessary for individuals to have health insurance. Law makers are forced to make decisions based on the facts they are given and these types of decisions are made for the people of the United States. Is it fair? Is it just? How do these politicians make an effective decision with every person in mind? Policies that are written are intended for the people that it affects. Politicians that make these decisions are trying to protect our rights, health and livelihood. In the last few years, the politicians had to make a decision based on the failing health care industry. “About 44 million people in this country have no health insurance, and another 38 million have inadequate health insurance” (Silverman, 2012, para. 3). This is a scary thought. How do the hospitals, doctor’s offices and clinics pay for the bills that individuals cannot afford to pay? The answer, taxpayers pay, individuals that have insurance pay. Politicians and law makers realized that this was a problem that needed to be fixed. The only way that laws and policies can be changed is if legal analysts and political analysts are aware of the problem and come up with a solution. The two major things that need to be analyzed are how will this change affect people and is it for the better? Things need to be changed but sometimes the change is more overwhelming than the good. This is where policies or ideas need to be changed again or tweaked. In an economically challenged society, raising the health care cost could be detrimental to the American society. Taxpayers will be paying an estimated $1 trillion over a 10 year period for extended coverage for the uninsured (Kane, 2009). Even the when taxpayers pay for their own