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Signature Assignment:

Health Care Reform Project:


Part III
Dephrin Jackson
HCS/440
Professor Steven Miracle

Economic Issues
The health care spending by the government annually is
extremely and worryingly large.
This high amount of spending cannot be maintained by
the government.
The risk of a government economic collapse due to debt
and default is very high

Economic Issues
Despite having the highest healthcare spending among
first-world nations, Americans health is steadily
declining.
Obesity and other preventable diseases are affecting a
majority of the population.
The costs that the government incurs does not reflect
the quality of healthcare that the people receive.

Addressing Economic Challenges


The intended result is clear: lower costs to government,
increase quality of healthcare.
Despite the simple solution, achieving it is difficult.
Many governmental and private organizations have
attempted to address the extremely high cost to the
government.
A decrease in wasteful spending is a major goal as well

Relating Methods to Health Care


Reforms
Health Care has always been human-centric, with the
government often overlooking the high cost for the
public benefit.
Continuing with this method as led to the current
situation, where the government is bleeding massive
amounts of money for subpar healthcare.
The idea and practice of balancing profits and costs
needs to be considered overall in the healthcare field.

Three Solutions Considered


Reduction of preventable diseases, disorders, and
conditions by implementing community and local health
programs.
Implement a competitive bidding process to acquire
medical equipment and commodities.
Simplification of healthcare administration in order to
reduce wasteful and extraneous spending.

Solution #1 Expanded
Americans, especially our youth, are getting more and
more unhealthy. Obesity is one of the biggest strains on
the healthcare system, causing a host of health
problems, especially in the poorer sects of society, who
are very dependent on government healthcare
programs. Researchers have found that community
programs were much more successful in preventing and
reducing the risk of obesity, rather than the treatment
after the child is obese. This reduces the strain on the
health care system, freeing up resources for people who
are in genuine need for governmental protection.

Solution #2 Expanded
There are currently some aspects of healthcare
acquisition that is handled by a competitive bidding
process. An expansion of the competitive bidding
process to all aspects of the healthcare system,
nationwide, will drastically reduce costs incurred from
the overcharging of the medical equipment
manufacturers and sellers. In order to oversee this
bidding process, a panel of directors, well-experienced
in the medical and business fields, should be
established.

Solution #3 Expanded
The complications, politics, and bureaucracy has been
the cause of the waste of millions of dollars, millions
which could be have been to good use in a whole
variety of public benefit endeavors around the nation. A
simplification of healthcare administration is needed in
order to reduce the wasteful spending. A simplification
would also increase the productivity levels of the
government agencies, and allow for better
communication between the public and the agencies of
the government.

What is Most Effective?


It is hard to gauge the importance and propriety of one
solution over the other. In fact, a combined effort in
implementing all three solutions would allow the
government to drastically reduce the amount of money
spent annually on health care.

Payment Sources
In order to start the community programs, funding will
be generated from the current revenue streams, which
include taxes and other fees. The other two solutions
will actually free up funding, which can be used to cover
the introduction, expansion, and implementation of the
anti-obesity programs around the nation. The initial
costs are very heavily outweighed by the large amounts
of money saved down the line.

References
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