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Government, Policy and Politics in Health Care
There are many potential controversies in health care. The text discusses things like increased government involvement, but there are issues arising on the ethical side with the new medical technologies. There are legal and ethical issues that arise from things like stem cells, and the use of robots. The latter, as an example, raises issues of safety and control, but eventually robots will perform many medical tasks. This is something that is going to challenge the industry, patients and regulators alike (Mavrofou, et al., 2010). As new technologies emerge, governments have to understand how to manage them, and regulate their usage. The FDA is constantly evolving its policies, but there are issues that will arise at the governmental level, and will affect the practice of medicine as well.
Another potential controversy with health care will probably come with funding. It is going to be increasingly difficult to finance a health care system that is becoming so expensive. Already today, consumers want the best health care, and this pushes innovation and costs. But it can be very hard to maintain. Greenwald talks about things like looking at alternative systems for financing health care, but...
The reality is that costs are getting out of hand, it tough choices will be required in the future in order to deal with this.
Privacy is still an issue with health care. The reality is that when everything is made electronic, the health care system will become a lot more efficient, and modern, but it will also bear risks relating to people's private medical information. Health care providers and insurance companies will need to have more strategies to deal with privacy, and maintaining privacy.
One thing that is emerging today but maybe is not yet controversial -- but certainly has the potential to be -- is the shifting of responsibilities within the health care system. There is basically a shortage of physicians, something that will only be made worse with an aging population and more people receiving health care insurance. The tasks of health care are being shifted downwards, as organizations are often struggling to find qualified personnel. There are things like nurse practitioners, which are serving to replace more traditional health care roles. While this is happening, maybe it creates risk, or compromises service, but for certain…
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Mavrofou, A., Michalodimitrakis, E., Hatzitheo-Filou, C., & Giannoukas, A. (2010). Legal and ethical issues in robotic surgery. International Angiology. Vol. 29 (1) 75-79.
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097 United States 0.109 0.093808 0.036112 0.068 Utah 0.1071 0.1401 0.035696 0.073 Vermont 0.1326 0.0988 0.040851 0.114 Virgin Islands NA NA NA Virginia 0.1048 0.0829 0.080009 0.092 Washington 0.1229 0.0669 0.027831 0.068 West Virginia 0.1293 0.0774 0.036499 0.055 Wisconsin 0.0954 0.0357 0.032367 0.097 Wyoming 0.1251 0.1453 0.053867 0.075 Notes All spending includes state and federal expenditures. Growth figures reflect increases in benefit payments and disproportionate share hospital payments; growth figures do not include administrative costs, accounting adjustments, or costs for the U.S. Territories. Definitions Federal Fiscal Year: Unless otherwise noted, years preceded by "FY" on statehealthfacts.org refer to the Federal Fiscal Year, which runs from October 1 through September 30. for example, FY 2009 refers to the period
Originally, this included 120 days of hospital benefits and 120 days of nursing-home benefits. General revenue funds from the program would also be applied towards hospital construction equipment purchase and grants to teaching hospitals. The second part of the law, also known as Part B, concerned physician visits. Initially, Part B was known as Eldercare, the American Medial Association's (AMA) alternative to Medicare. Mills however reformed it to become an