Obama Health Care System

He | Health care system in the U.S. and changes by Obama | |

Semir Golic30.11.2010 |

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction 3

2. The History of health care in the USA 4

3. The Health Care System 5 4.1 How health insurance works 4.2 Different insurance programs 4.3 Problems
3.3.1 Financial & bureaucratic problems
3.3.2 Conflict with the American Dream

4. Changes of Obama 9 5.4 Reform of the system 5.5 Problems

5. Evaluation 11

6. Bibliography 13

1. Introduction

As in we know the United States strive in most categories to be the number one of the nations, be it military power, or be it technological
When was the first try to set up a health care system in the USA? How did it work and how did it develop over the years?
Basically health insurance began in the 19 hundreds with the rising costs of medical treatment. So far just very few companies offered included medical treatment within their companies. Physicians did not charge as much money because they couldn’t provide much useful care for sick people. As the medical knowledge was in progress prices began to rise as well, and so they soon rose over the top of what a normal citizen could afford. Also doctors started to treat people in hospitals which made the costs even higher. To help ease the healthcare problem, Baylor Hospital in Dallas created a system in the 1930s - which eventually became Blue Cross - as the first nationwide organization which offered privately coverage for hospital care. The success of Blue Cross encouraged other insures to enter the health care marked. During World War 2 the lack of good workers prompted companies to attract good employees by offering health insurance as an added benefit to the employment package. As medical knowledge and health care got more advanced and sophisticated in the following years, more and more private insurance groups pushed on the marked. In the 1960s over 700 insurance companies were selling health care. During this time the government
Reelections are already determined for 2012 and it’s almost impossible to establish a sustaining health system change in this short time. The question is if the American population still trusts him to let him continue his work or not. In the end it’s all about more solidarity and less capitalism. So Obama is asking America to become less American. The recent loss of democratic power in the congress didn’t add to his benefit as well because it will be harder to bring new reform bills through. Republicans already started a huge anti-reform coalition as they want to defend America’s capitalism at any price. Anyhow republicans are still divided into two groups which have different strategies to avoid Obama’s reform plans. There are the radicals who, led by former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and fired up by conservative journalists like William Kristol, oppose any and all efforts for reform. There are other more moderate Republicans, including many senators who say that they support health care reform. But their search for a compromise is really a more refined, highly political version of the Republican conflict resolution strategy. In the end all they try is to delay the reform for so long until a new president can be voted. In fact Obama has reason to worry for his next election. His new health care program is one of the most expensive ones in all time American history. The nonpartisan Congressional