Challenges and Solutions in the U.S. Health Care System: Evaluating Costs, Access, and Equity

A research assignment evaluating key challenges and solutions in the U.S. healthcare system, focusing on costs and access.

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Challenges and Solutions in the U.S. Health Care System: Evaluating Costs,
Access, and Equity
Health Care System in Turmoil Discuss why the current health care system is in turmoil. Identify
two major problems of health care and analyze the impact of each of the chosen problems on
consumers and the community. Describe the benefits and risks of national health insurance.
Introduction
There is minimal argument the American healthcare system, as it now operates, does not
adequately provide quality care for Americans. In addition, the system falls short in providing
universal care for its citizens. The American system is two-tiered, with the government
providing care for a population based on income and age while other citizens pay for care
through privately managed, premium care insurance providers. Although different in concept
and practice, both are plagued by the same problems which include inadequate treatment for
patients, diminishing quality of patient care, rising costs, inefficient management,
and inadequate pay for medical professionals.
Discussion
The costly American health care system, allegedly, has overpromised and underperformed,
and, as such, a reduction in public and private funding for research and physician
compensation seems, to some, justified. This perspective, the focus of intense political
debate, has been erroneously advanced citing the US's poor WHO (World Health
Organization) mortality rankings and that higher ranking countries spend considerably less
per capita for health care. This mistaken allegation, by aligning flawed WHO mortality
statistics and country rankings, and per capita country health care expenditures, should be
seen as prima facie evidence of American health care inferiority and incompetence, and, by
inference, poor physician performance. These unfortunate statements, pegged to blemished
data and invalid comparisons, have only fomented confusion, tension, turmoil, and angst
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