¶ … government actors discussed in Chapter 10 of the text, Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach are federal government actors, state governments, and local government. They are the ones that form policy and pass laws that protect and enforce policy. The United States during its infancy formed a system of checks and balances that keep one-sided political agendas from taking over and that can be seen in recent legislature. "The Constitution that took effect in 1789 created a stronger national government, but it established a three-headed state with legislative, executive, and judicial branches and a system of checks and balances to ensure that no one branch would dominate" (McLaughlin & McLaughlin, 2015, p. 28).
ACA or the Affordable Care Act for example, is a step government actors have taken to reduce healthcare spending. States like Maryland have taken action in implementing sustainable ways to curb spending and promote wellness. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or ACA, essentially requires states to create and maintain a health insurance exchange with a deadline of 2014, or for states to participate in a type of federal exchange. Maryland elected to make Maryland Health Connection because of the act. Maryland Health Connection is a marketplace Marylanders can use to shop for as well as enroll in health plans.
Through ACA people that were normally uninsured, could now be insured. However the actual act itself did not reduce healthcare spending, rather the changes resulting from it passing did. "Changes resulting from the Affordable Care Act can reduce treatment disparities, but the law's provisions do relatively little to restrain runaway costs" (Wartman, 2015, p. 10). People soon began to realize that the need for budget...
The Affordable Care Act means that health coverage will be required for almost every American and will be partially subsidized. However, it will not change the employer-centric, private-insurer-based system of financing and coverage. Demand for care will increase significantly and rapidly, but the underlying issues that created the need for a safety net in the first place will not be solved in the near future. Feldstein (2005) argues that if
Figure 1 portrays the state of Maryland, the location for the focus of this DRP. Figure 1: Map of Maryland, the State (Google Maps, 2009) 1.3 Study Structure Organization of the Study The following five chapters constitute the body of Chapter I: Introduction Chapter II: Review of the Literature Chapter III: Methods and Results Chapter IV: Chapter V: Conclusions, Recommendations, and Implications Chapter I: Introduction During Chapter I, the researcher presents this study's focus, as it relates to the
Obamacare good for the economy? The issue must be looked at from three points-of-view, One the development that goes on in the health care and how the policy ahs affected the health care industry and particularly various sections of the society, secondly the economic changes and developments that have come about in the medical care industry, and the burden and changes in the nations economy as a whole and whether
Care Case Study Slide 1 Footnotes There have been enormous changes due to introduction of various cultural elements in the continuum of care. Before, when people were admitted to assisted living facilities or hospital settings, there were very little cultural elements outside of the majority culture which had sponsored the facility. For example, if a facility was associated with some sort of church or temple, there were elements of that religion
Research Proposal Option: Proposal to Conduct an Evaluation(Evaluation Template)Proposed Outcomes Evaluation of the Maryland Department of Housing and CommunityDevelopment�s Homelessness Solutions ProgramHM893January 26, 2024Note: You are provided recommended page lengths per section to guide your writing efforts. Your entire paper should be a maximum of 30 pages (including Title Page, Abstract, References, and Appendices)Abstract (150 to 250 words maximum): The abstract should contain the following information:� What is the public
Health Policy Analysis for Maryland AC (Affordable Care) Act McLaughlin, & McLaughlin (2014) rank 11 areas of health innovation based on their impact on costs and quality of healthcare delivery. The process improvement is the highest ranking item. However, the authors identify data analytics, disease management, "non-physician delivery alternatives," and "alternative to fee-for service" (McLaughlin, & McLaughlin, 2014 p 335) as other innovation items that can enhance quality and reduce costs.
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