HEALTH POLICY ISSUE

Health Policy Issue: Transparency in Healthcare



Table of Contents

Introduction3

Discussion3

Health Care Spending4

Health Care Policy Satisfaction5

Nursing Shortage7

Issues and identification of corresponding legislation and policies8

Health Care Satisfaction10

Health care policy Analysis12

Personal Views about Issue/Proposed Legislation14

Policy/Bill Recommendations15

Expansion upon Introductory Comments15

Our Recommendations16

A shortage of nursing the school faculty is restricting nursing program enrollments16

Strategies For Improving Health17

Information and history of legislative bills18

Pertinent literature review relevant to issue/problem18

Identifying Potential Causes18

Conclusion20

Health Policy Issue: Transparency in Healthcare

Introduction

The Policy of Health plays a leading health care to improve the quality and integration of health services and access to these services so that it meets health of Americans, wherever they live, and their financial means, taking into account equity, sustainability, and funding long-term, and in close collaboration with the provinces and territories (Hill, 1997). The shortage is growing to be very acute and is responsible for many loopholes that are developing within the sector. Hospitals, particularly in the western and southwestern states, are bearing the brunt of the situation. They are suffering from a lack of RNs, which has adversely, impacted upon their services and its quality. Estimates of average nurse vacancy rates at hospitals range from 10.2 percent to 13 percent, with one in seven hospitals reporting more than 20 percent. The gap between RN supply and demand has established serious concerns about the quality of health care in American public. This unreliability and lack of trust in health care sector are playing havoc with the service providers since they are having a hard time coping with nursing shortages in the wake of other related employees' related issues (Engel, 2006).

Discussion

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Americans spent $1.3 trillion, or 13.2 percent of the gross domestic product, on health care in 2000. Since the mid-1960s, health care costs have increased at double-digit levels, far exceeding the rate of inflation. In response to these cost increases and his desire to make medical coverage more widely available, President Bill Clinton tried to overhaul the nation's health care system in 1993 and 1994. Ultimately, he did not succeed. Over the next ten years, however, employers controlled health care costs by requiring their workers who are motivated to attend and associate themselves with the care programs related to health policies of such health organizations. These health organizations have the responsibilty to ensure maintained health structure of patients (Jacobs, 1993).

It still is not clear whether managed-care procedures will contain costs over the long run. The underlying factors that drove up health care costs in the 1980s are still in place: increasing life expectancy for both men and women and the explosion of new (and expensive) medical treatments. Although some citizens are content with their coverage, millions of uninsured Americans desperately desire coverage, and millions more who have coverage are worried about the quality of their medical care in the future. This entry takes a broad look at public opinion on health care, with a special emphasis on spending preferences, satisfaction with the current system, levels of confidence, and views ...