underperforming primary care and administration insufficiency
Hello student, I am intrigued by the level of your research on the discussion post. Indeed, I acknowledge that the U.S spends a lot of money on its healthcare system, yet, when compared to other developed countries, the system does not serve its citizens adequately. According to Khazan (2018), the U.S healthcare system has over the past 20 years performed poorly, and the unfortunate results can be attributed to several reasons. Most U.S citizens lack an insurance cover, making it hard to access medical services. While having more people getting insured does not define better health care delivery systems, health insurance reduces the mortality rate. Insurance cover literature denotes that more than half of the total population in the U.S is uninsured.
Further, the underperforming primary care and administration insufficiency contribute to the deteriorating healthcare system. Indeed, most healthcare reforms have had little or no impact on the state of the entire care system. As such, the value for the high expenditure on healthcare is not being seen. The quality and cost of the system do not match. Nevertheless, the government and relevant healthcare stakeholders can improve the healthcare system by implementing several interventions. For instance, Obama (2016) believes that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made significant progress in addressing issues of the U.S healthcare system and that more reforms need to be undertaken to seal all loopholes within the Act.
As noted in your discussion post, communication needs to be perfected among the different health professionals within the healthcare industry, and these professionals should move towards evidence-based practices. While these interventions are effective in creating change within the healthcare sector, the system and its stakeholders should embrace newer technologies to improve its service delivery. Healthcare costs should be bundled and reflect the actual values of the services provided in healthcare facilities (Scheurer, 2013).