Nursing Single Payer Health Care

Nursing Single Payer Health Care The American Nurses Association (ANA) believes a single payer health care system should be the top priority for the upcoming administration, because there are still millions of uninsured Americans in the country today. They advocate a solution that prioritizes the elements of health care and prevention, and advocate a national system that will entitle all Americans to the same quality of health care.

The editors of their health care reform policy note, "The solution is to invert the pyramid of priorities and focus more on primary care, thus ultimately requiring less costly secondary and tertiary care (Editors, 2008, p. 2). They also believe that other elements of the system must be reprioritized.

They continue, "he system must be reshaped and redirected away from the overuse of expensive, technology-driven, acute, hospital-based services used in the model we now have, to one in which a balance is struck between high-tech treatment and community-based and preventive services, with emphasis on the latter" (Editors, 2008, p. 8). Thus, they have developed a workable and viable policy, and believe it can be adopted in this country relatively easily with full cooperation from health care organizations.

They advocate for this because they believe that every citizen has the right to health care, regardless of ability to pay, and that ultimately, this system will save money. This health care reform promotes the interests of nurses because most nurses believe that health care is a basic right, and that there are far too many uninsured patients who are receiving sub-standard care. They would like to see higher quality health care for their patients.

In addition, most experts believe that there is the potential for a far bigger workforce for doctors and nurses under the new proposal, which.