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Healthcare Infrastracture
Role of the Federal Government in National Healthcare Programs
The Federal Government should be among the foremost organizations that should play significant role in the National Healthcare Programs. This is because they are the leaders that the people had voted to take the responsibility of taking care of people -- and this includes the general role of establishment and support to health organizations.
There are many issues where the Federal Government should focus their role of establishing and supporting national healthcare programs. From News-Medical online, an article suggests that the Federal Government must expand its role in financing healthcare organizations such as the HIV / AIDS treatment of Americans that are affected with the disease. They must ensure that all the necessary healthcare needs and services are provided to patients especially to the low-income Americans.
To be able to perform their function of supporting the National Healthcare Programs, Schoenbaum and his colleagues suggest that the Federal Government must maximize the leadership assigned to them by setting priorities and developing standards within their objective of supporting peoples' healthcare programs. Their role must explore all the possibilities to leverage the health care system. Focusing on effective strategies that examine and can improve the quality of health care must be a continuous goal of the Federal Government. One example of this is the H.I.P.A.A. which covers the health insurance of the Americans. HHCorp Online has the following definition of this legislation.
In 1996, the federal government passed H.I.P.A.A., which may be the single most significant federal legislation affecting the health care industry since the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965. Title I of the act improves the portability and continuity of health insurance coverage for millions of American workers and their families.
Bibliography
The Federal Government Should Expand Its Role in the Financing of HIV / AIDS Treatment for Low-Income Americans. (2004). Retrieved on Dec 09, 2004, from News-Medical Online. Web site: http://www.news-medical.net/?id=1590
Schoenbaum, S., Audet, A.J., Davis, K. Obtaining Greater Value from Health Care: The Role of the U.S. Government. Health Affairs, Vol. 22. No. 6.
The Government's Role.
Retrieved on Dec. 09, 2004, from HHCorp Online.
Web site: http://www.hhcorp.org/hip_gov.htm
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