Obremskey, Allie, Vasanth Sathiyakumar, Jordan Apfeld, Alex Jahangir, and Manish Sethi. "Whose Responsibility Is It to Reduce Healthcare Spending?" Ebscohost. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1 Aug. 2012. Web. 1 Mar. 2015. <http://web.a.ebscohost.com.proxy.mul.missouri.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=e82c3054-d397-4901-b06a-7d57932d5db3@sessionmgr4004&vid=10&hid=4204>.
With more than 50 million citizens uninsured in the US, healthcare costs are on a rapid uprise. The little effort that is being put into providing a better healthcare system is quickly damaging our economy. While money is flying out the window healthcare providers are starting to provide less benefits to the people. Few things have been done to decrease costs of healthcare including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. As the article goes on it talks about the different strategies that have been introduced to try and reduce the costs of healthcare. While many things can try to be done about the reduction of costs, the federal government remains in ultimate control.
My original opinion on healthcare reform previous to reading this article was I think we spend a lot of time and money trying to provide for people who can't provide for themselves. After reading the article my opinion has not changed. Although, others may disagree because of the large amount of people that exist who are uninsured and are having to choose between groceries or prescriptions at the pharmacy. The article brought about new ideas on how we can go about solving the large amounts of money we are spending on health care for our citizens, some states are even starting to take actions as well. Texas passed a Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform, the purpose of the act was to reduce the amount of malpractice cases to reduce costs that they were spending in defense cases. Massachusetts as of recently is trying to pass the Health Care Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction Act. By passing this act they would be able to reduce administrative costs. I agree with the source in the fact that they are trying all they can to reduce costs and improve the quality of the healthcare. At the same time I disagree because they are spending way more money than they need to by trying to provide healthcare for all the uninsured people instead of worrying about the people that do have it. The quality of healthcare is diminishing. I don't think this source specifically helps me answer my question but I do think it has some insightful information to help expand some questions that I do have regarding health care costs.
After reading this source it has made some new questions arise. Even though we are slowly starting to find small ways to change things, how long will it be until these acts pass and take effect? Why don't we start worrying about the people that are insured? Since the federal government has the main authority on what they will do to reduce costs, what are they doing? It seems that from this article that the State-level governments are doing more to help the problem than anyone. The answers that I have found are that at least there are SOME actions being taken instead of none.
With more than 50 million citizens uninsured in the US, healthcare costs are on a rapid uprise. The little effort that is being put into providing a better healthcare system is quickly damaging our economy. While money is flying out the window healthcare providers are starting to provide less benefits to the people. Few things have been done to decrease costs of healthcare including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. As the article goes on it talks about the different strategies that have been introduced to try and reduce the costs of healthcare. While many things can try to be done about the reduction of costs, the federal government remains in ultimate control.
My original opinion on healthcare reform previous to reading this article was I think we spend a lot of time and money trying to provide for people who can't provide for themselves. After reading the article my opinion has not changed. Although, others may disagree because of the large amount of people that exist who are uninsured and are having to choose between groceries or prescriptions at the pharmacy. The article brought about new ideas on how we can go about solving the large amounts of money we are spending on health care for our citizens, some states are even starting to take actions as well. Texas passed a Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform, the purpose of the act was to reduce the amount of malpractice cases to reduce costs that they were spending in defense cases. Massachusetts as of recently is trying to pass the Health Care Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction Act. By passing this act they would be able to reduce administrative costs. I agree with the source in the fact that they are trying all they can to reduce costs and improve the quality of the healthcare. At the same time I disagree because they are spending way more money than they need to by trying to provide healthcare for all the uninsured people instead of worrying about the people that do have it. The quality of healthcare is diminishing. I don't think this source specifically helps me answer my question but I do think it has some insightful information to help expand some questions that I do have regarding health care costs.
After reading this source it has made some new questions arise. Even though we are slowly starting to find small ways to change things, how long will it be until these acts pass and take effect? Why don't we start worrying about the people that are insured? Since the federal government has the main authority on what they will do to reduce costs, what are they doing? It seems that from this article that the State-level governments are doing more to help the problem than anyone. The answers that I have found are that at least there are SOME actions being taken instead of none.
good job tay
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