Research Paper on "Healthcare in 20 Years"

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However, there are those that will contract a disease or disorder after having paid little to nothing into the system and their healthcare cost drag on the system will be very high and it will happen from the point of insurance. This runs counter to those that were insured for years prior to getting sick and the coverage is already there. Some say the former (not insuring until sick) is akin to buying a homeowner's insurance policy while one's house is burning down (Ungar, 2010).

Question Three

Let's consider what the health care sector might look like in 2034; its shape, cost, types of providers and types of patients. In addition, currently, what can we learn from the scrutiny of other countries' health care systems? It's helpful to select one or two countries and focus on specific features and what we might "import" to enhance our own system.

In 2034, the Baby Boomers will be in full retirement mode and the overall workforce will be a lot smaller, at least as a proportion to the overall population of the United States. Indeed, the birth rate in the late 1940's, all of the 1950's and 1960's doubled until falling by half and now the proportion of Boomers to younger people (at least as compared to before) is a lot less. As such, there will surely be a shortage of funds, shortage of personnel and government budgets will be pretty tight unless Medicare and Social Security are heavily changed to some degree.

As far as what can be learned from other systems, even if there is true universal health care in the United States at some point, there are limits to how much can be done and sometimes hard choices have to be made. One feature that could be used is to do a "single payer" system like is in Canada. Having so many different agencies at different levels of government leads to more headcount being needed, more money being spent and more bureaucracy in general. Also, the Netherlands indexes the price of coverage based on the age and sex of the purchaser. Charging all people the same does not make economic sense, in the opinion of the author of this report. Also, the fact that all hospitals in the Netherlands are non-profit would probably be a plus but the for-profit landscape in the United States probably won't change anytime soon (Stanford, 2015)

References

Conover, C. (2012). Takeover: Government On Track To Make Up 66% of Healthcare Spending. Forbes. Retrieved 9 June 2015, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisconover/2012/08/07/takeover-government-on-track-to-make-up-66-of-healthcare-spending-obamacare/

Stanford,. (2015). Health Care Systems: Three International Comparisons. Web.stanford.edu. Retrieved 9 June 2015, from https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/soc_sec/health.htm

Ungar, R. (2010). Huckabee Says No To Insurance For People With Pre-Existing Conditions. Forbes. Retrieved 9 June 2015, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2010/09/17/huckabee-says-no-to-insurance-for-people-with-pre-existing-conditions/

Washington,. (2015). Health Care Coverage Program Benefit Packages and Scope of Service Categories. Hca.wa.gov. Retrieved 9 June 2015, from http://www.hca.wa.gov/medicaid/billing/pages/scopeofhealthcaresvcstable.aspx READ MORE

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