Powers set forth by the Executive Branch still and always have remained under the direction of the President of the United States. The President is responsible for implementation, and enforcing of laws. Also part of the executive branch is the Vice Presidents who assumes the presidential duties should the need arise. The executive branch has not always played the same role as it does today in health policies. This essay reviews the duties of the executive branch and addresses a personal analysis of which branch of government should ultimately be in charge of health care issues. Executive branch and health policy Health care implementation is a process, not an outcome. As with any public policy topic as laws are discussed, they then move onto congress. The executive branch holds the keys for interpretation and rulemaking within congressional intent (Snyder, 2010). In the case of implementing federal health reform, many creative elements went into this process to ensure it would pass with flying colors through the executive branch. The Obama Administration asked for steps that were not into the statutes according to Snyder (2010). Ultimately the executive branch had all intentions of agreeing with President Obama however policies could not be thrown out without being reviewed. Prior to this new law, it was found that the federal department of health insurance had been regulated mostly at the state level. Indeed the executive branch needed continuous public input and collaboration with other industries, but none the less enforcement became even more compelling. Creating new designs to customize Medicare payments for example needed to only be through certain providers according to Snyder (2010). This gave the executi... ... middle of paper ... ...he successful passing of policies in health care it is hard to see what fate and hands our health care will rest in. References Law Library. (2012). The executive branch and the constitution. Retrieved from http://law.jrank.org/pages/6652/Executive-Branch-Executive-Branch- Constitution.html#ixzz2u5deXEFp Lurie, N. (2013). What the federal government can do about the nonmedical determinants of health. Retrieved from http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/21/2/94.long Snyder, L. (2010). Phase II of Federal Health Reform: Executive Branch Implementation and Health Care Industry Participation Now. Health Care Policy Report, 1(1-10). Retrieved from http://www.ebglaw.gov/showarticle.aspx?Show=12849 The White House Administration. (2013). Executive branch. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/executive-branch
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Obama tried to take on America’s toughest issue against some of the most powerful people in the country. The nation’s healthcare system was leaving millions uninsured and the US still has some of the most expensive healthcare with some of the least effective results for high-income nations. Obama originally fought for universal healthcare and then a bipartisan bill, but both represented too much change for the rigid American healthcare system. Frontline pointed out how reforming, “healthcare represents if America can still solve big problems.” Throughout the course of the film, I was left wondering if total healthcare reform was ever even possible for Obama and America, and if he was doomed from the start in his
One of the most controversial topics in the United States in recent years has been the route which should be undertaken in overhauling the healthcare system for the millions of Americans who are currently uninsured. It is important to note that the goal of the Affordable Care Act is to make healthcare affordable; it provides low-cost, government-subsidized insurance options through the State Health Insurance Marketplace (Amadeo 1). Our current president, Barack Obama, made it one of his goals to bring healthcare to all Americans through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. This plan, which has been termed “Obamacare”, has come under scrutiny from many Americans, but has also received a large amount of support in turn for a variety of reasons. Some of these reasons include a decrease in insurance discrimination on the basis of health or gender and affordable healthcare coverage for the millions of uninsured. The opposition to this act has cited increased costs and debt accumulation, a reduction in employer healthcare coverage options, as well as a penalization of those already using private healthcare insurance.
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...ral, and social benefits to be reaped, and so it is important for our government to continue down this path its started and also important for Americans to provide our full support. There is much to overcome to completely reverse the direction of the health system, and I’m sure it will take many years for the results to pay off, but I’m glad we’ve at least provided the groundwork for future generations to build on.
The U.S. healthcare system is very complex in structure hence it can be appraised with diverse perspectives. From one viewpoint it is described as the most unparalleled health care system in the world, what with the cutting-edge medical technology, the high quality human resources, and the constantly-modernized facilities that are symbolic of the system. This is in addition to the proliferation of innovations aimed at increasing life expectancy and enhancing the quality of life as well as diagnostic and treatment options. At the other extreme are the fair criticisms of the system as being fragmented, inefficient and costly. What are the problems with the U.S. healthcare system? These are the questions this opinion paper tries to propound.
The US health system has both considerable strengths and notable weaknesses. With a large and well-trained health workforce, access to a wide range of high-quality medical specialists as well as secondary and tertiary institutions, patient outcomes are among the best in the world. But the US also suffers from incomplete coverage of its population, and health expenditure levels per person far exceed all other countries. Poor measures on many objective and subjective indicators of quality and outcomes plague the US health care system. In addition, an unequal distribution of resources across the country and among different population groups results in poor access to care for many citizens. Efforts to provide comprehensive, national health insurance in the United States go back to the Great Depression, and nearly every president since Harry S. Truman has proposed some form of national health insurance.
The people of the United States have been suffering from a number of serious issues, all related to health care: millions go uninsured every year, health care is too expensive, and the quality of care is poor, especially for the price. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obama Care, began addressing these issues. The ACA is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law was enacted with the goals of increasing the quality and affordability of health insurance, lowering the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and reducing the costs of healthcare for individuals and the government. Although several of the act’s promises have not come into effect yet, it has managed to extend healthcare to the repetitively uninsured. While many of the accomplishments that the act has already made, and aims to make, are no small feat, there are still issues within the policies and procedures. For example, Obama Care boasts that it is a universal healthcare system. However, it is unlike any other in the world, and is technically forced on citizens in a variety of ways. It has been debated, that for that reason, the new law may come into violation of several human rights. Another significant issue with the ACA regards a cap on citizen’s out-of-pocket expenses, and the fact that the administration decided to delay making a definitive decision, potentially costing many American’s unprecedented medical fees.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed by President Barack Obama is a significant change of the American healthcare system since insurance plans programs like Medicare and Medicaid (“Introduction to”). As a result, “It is also one of the most hotly contested, publicly maligned, and politically divisive pieces of legislation the country has ever seen” (“Introduction to”). The Affordable Care Act should be changed because it grants the government too much control over the citizen’s healthcare or the lack of individual freedom to choose affordable health insurance.
“The most important and fundamental difficulty facing healthcare reformers in America is that our system of government has multiple veto points: the separ...
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Health care policies are plans that intended to determine or influence decisions or actions that will help to achieve specific health care goals. Most of these policies are actions taken by the government to improve the American health care system. The purpose of this essay is to describe the process of how a topic eventually becomes a policy and tie to how the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) policy process. This essay will include the formulation stage, legislative stage, and implementation stage of a complete policy process.
The role of the Executive branch towards health care policy is one that demands very close attention from its members. Because, this is the branch that is responsible for the people of the nation, this branch represents the nation worldwide. This positions holds a lot of power when dealing with politics, but it also needs the support of its team, other political players. Also, in order for this branch to make moves towards any concerns the country is facing, the branch must first feel driven to fix the issues. This does not mean that the President does not want to fix every issue the country faces, it just means that some situations require more attention than others. Perhaps, now, the health care system is one of