HLTH-2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Technology, Health Insurance Mandate, Inverse Relation
2 May 2019
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Chapter 1: an overview of u. s. health care delivery. The u. s. has a unique health care delivery system: The health care workforce employs over 16. 4 million people. Numerous insurance agencies/mcos that employ various mechanisms for insuring against risk. Multiple payers that make their own determinations about the cost for each service. Numerous consulting firms offering expertise in planning, cost containment, electronic systems, quality, and restructuring of resources. Two primary objectives: enable all citizens to obtain needed health care services, ensure cost-effective services and meet quality standards. Medicare, medicaid, and children"s health insurance program (chip) Small businesses cannot get group insurance at affordable rates and are unable to offer insurance. Participation in insurance programs may be voluntary. Individual mandate required all u. s. citizens and legal residents to be covered by public or. Social morbidity (aids, drugs, homicides, injuries, car accidents, behavior-related diseases) Form of universal catastrophic health insurance: universal access, countries with national health care programs provide universal coverage.
