Long time ago, there was no need for health insurance in America, as doctors had many clients because their services were not so expensive and in some cases in rural areas, people could pay by giving other items. Doctors were not as knowledgeable as they are nowadays to care for the sick, therefore this didn't have much effect then on the patients, as they were treated for the basic illnesses. As progress was made in medicine gradually with new medical technologies which could only be used in the hospitals, doctors started charging more, which was unaffordable for most people, with time, all this started to change as the industrialization of the American economy caused families and people to start relying on services from doctors and the hospitals for treatment. In 1929, a system was created in Dallas, Texas (1) which charged everyone the same. This insurance was to ease the healthcare problem and create a happy scenario for both the doctors and patient, which employers added health to employment packages to boost labor due to shortage after the Second World War. Soon, other private insurance companies were entering the market, thereby creating competition as costs were determined by several factors leaving the sick ones out and insuring healthy people. Problems of healthcare were compounded because even though some employers included health care benefits that, it expired after they retired. While the poor, self-employed or those working for employers unable to provide insurance had no health insurance. These problems had to be addressed in an efficiently and not only temporarily, but for the future. Although insurance has been around for centuries, Sidney R. Garfield, a young surgeon, took the initiative and laid the foundation... ... middle of paper ... ...e from: http://www.amednews.com/article/20080901/opinion/309019993/5/ 5. Medicare [Internet]. [cited 2014 Jan 2]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medicare.html 6. 50 Pros and Cons about ObamaCare Facts: - Obamacare - Forced Health Insurance [Internet]. ObamaCare. [cited 2013 Dec 10]. Available from: http://obamacare.net/50-pros-and-cons-of-obamacare/ 7. Get the Facts | No Medicare IRS [Internet]. [cited 2014 Jan 2]. Available from: http://nomedicareirs.com/ipab-facts/ 8. Seven Things (Still) Wrong with ObamaCare [Internet]. Forbes. [cited 2014 Jan 2]. Available from: http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillmatthews/2012/07/05/seven-things-still-wrong-with-obamacare/ 9. The Cons of Obamacare - Government Run Health Care [Internet]. ObamaCare. [cited 2014 Jan 2]. Available from: http://obamacare.net/the-cons-of-obamacare-government-run-health-care/
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Many pivotal events over the last century have brought our healthcare system to where it is today. Some were indirect, such as World War II (and how it led to direct events such as medical advances that shifted focus from critical care and managing contagion to preventive medicine and health insurance as an employee benefit) and the internet (which has provided a wealth of tools and resources that were once only available to healthcare providers and has served to foster technological advancements such as Electronic Health Records and telemedicine). Others were targeted interventions, such as the Hill-Burton Act, which was enacted in 1946 and provided infrastructure dollars to healthcare facilities that agreed to provide a significant volume of free or reduced cost services to those with limited ability to pay (HRSA, 2014). Perhaps the most influential targeted event was the passage of Medicare and Medicaid programs, which was the point at which the government became the administrator for insurance programs for the poor, creating a system that would continuously grow and impact service delivery through regulatory control.
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Health insurance comes as second nature to many of us. We grab that blue and white card and put it in our wallet and forget about it until we are sick or injured. When this happens, there it is, cushioning our fall like the extra padding it provided to cushion our wallets. This is not the case with everyone, however. Many Americans have no cushion to fall back on, no blue and white card to show the emergency room when they have an unexpected health concern. No HMO with a convenient co-pay amount when their son or daughter develops an ear infection.
“After World War II, it was straightforward for other countries to move from minimal coverage to universal programs because they had few private interests to contend with. Americans, on the other hand, had a vested interest in their private system. Employers and employees wanted to keep insurance as a tax-free job perk, while healthcare providers wanted to protect their income.”
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